Nowadays, people always throw the old things away when they buy new things, some people claim that the broken things should be repaired and used again.what factor cause this phenomena? What effect does the phenomenon lead to?
Nowadays, people always throw the old things away when they buy new things, some people claim that the broken things should be repaired and used again. what factor cause this phenomena? What effect does the phenomenon lead to? bopDW
Modern culture is a consumerist one. It is also known as ‘disposable culture’ or ‘use and
throw’ culture. In this essay I shall deal with the causes and effects of this phenomenon.
The most important reason leading to this phenomenon is the consumerist society we
belong to today. We are flooded with choices and we want to buy the latest models of
things and the latest fashion of clothes. Even the buying capacity of the average person has
increased because of developing economies. Secondly, in order to buy more and more
things, people have become workaholics and therefore they don’t find time to get things
repaired. Finally, the manufacturing companies are compromising quality when they are
doing mass production of things. So the things stop functioning very soon and sometimes
the repair is costlier than the product. So, naturally, repair has taken a back seat.
The most serious effect of this phenomenon is on the environment. Our landfill sites are
filling up with non bio-degradable wastes. It is also leading to pollution. Destroying used
plastic is becoming a major problem everywhere. Even the recycling of plastic needs a lot of
electricity. Conventional methods of generating electricity add to pollution. Disposing of a
lot of waste materials such as heavy metals like lead and mercury and poisonous gases also
adds to pollution. It is said that the earth can satisfy everybody’s need but not everybody’s
greed. The amount of energy used in manufacturing and disposal of consumer goods is also
leading us to a brink of energy crises.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that there are many causes and effects of this use
and throw culture and steps must be taken on a war footing by the individual and
government if we want to save our environment for our coming generations. 
Modern 
culture
 is a consumerist one. It is 
also
 known as ‘disposable 
culture’
 or ‘
use
 and
throw’ 
culture
. In this essay I shall deal with the causes and effects of this phenomenon.
The most 
important
 reason leading to this phenomenon is the consumerist society we
belong to 
today
. We 
are flooded
 with 
choices and
 we want to 
buy
 the latest models of
things and the latest fashion of clothes. Even the buying capacity of the average person has
increased 
because
 of developing economies. 
Secondly
, in order to 
buy
 more and more
things, 
people
 have become workaholics and 
therefore
 they don’t find time to 
get
 things
repaired. 
Finally
, the manufacturing 
companies
 are compromising quality when they are
doing mass production of things. 
So
 the things 
stop
 functioning 
very
 soon
 and 
sometimes
the repair is costlier than the product. 
So
, 
naturally
, repair has taken a back seat.
The most serious effect of this phenomenon is on the environment. Our landfill sites are
filling up with non bio-degradable wastes. It is 
also
 leading to pollution. Destroying 
used
plastic is becoming a major problem everywhere. Even the recycling of plastic needs 
a lot of
electricity. Conventional methods of generating electricity 
add
 to pollution. Disposing of a
lot of waste materials such as heavy metals like lead and mercury and poisonous gases 
also
adds
 to pollution. It 
is said
 that the earth can satisfy everybody’s need 
but
 not everybody’s
greed. The amount of energy 
used
 in manufacturing and disposal of consumer 
goods
 is 
also
leading us to a brink of energy crises.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that there are 
many
 causes and effects of this 
use
and throw 
culture
 and steps 
must
 be taken
 on a war footing by the individual and
government
 if we want to save our environment for our coming generations. 
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