People are living in a "throwaway society", using things for a short time and then throwing them away. What are the causes of this? What problems does it lead it?

People nowadays tend to throw away things after they only used it for a short time period, and people call it a "throwaway society".

This

essay will explain the causes of

this

development and the problems associated with it. There are two

primarily

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primary

causes for

this

,

Firstly

, there are too many goods to choose from. To be specific, if people are bored with a certain product,

then

they will buy a new

one

conveniently.

For example

, if an individual is bored with their current shoe which they only wore for a few months, they will choose to exchange it with a brand new

one

from the market, while disposing their old ones.

Hence

, too many goods will end up with more

garbage

being disposed.

Secondly

, many young people want to keep up with the pace of technology innovations.

In other words

, people each year change their gadget whenever a new

one

releases.

For instance

, if a new iPhone is launched, people are willing to get it immediately, no matter the price. And for their old phones, well, they will choose to discard it.

As a result

, it will lead to an increase in the

number

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amount

of rubbish. There are two devastating associated with

this

development.

First

of all, it will lead to the extravagant waste in the public fund. Specifically, governments have to invest more money into building more

garbage

disposal sites. In some cases, they even have to demolish some buildings or clean up an area just to construct more

garbage

disposal sites. What is more, it may

further

widen the gap between the well-off and the

destitutes

poor enough to need help from others

destitute

. Since many individuals have been following a trend, the

one

with not a quite appropriate financial status may still follow the trend.

Thus

, it will

further

widen the gap between the rich and the poor. In conclusion,

this

essay has discussed two main causes and problems with

this

development

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developer

.

One

of the causes being that with the variety of goods on the market, people tend

to switch new

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to switch to new

ones quite often. The other

one

being that the youngsters like to follow a so-called popular trend. The

first

problem with it is that governments have to spend more time and money into constructing more

garbage

disposal sites. The

second

problem is that it will widen the gap between the wealthy people and the poor people.