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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