These days, people in some countries are living in a “throw-away” society which means people use things in a short time then throw them away. Causes and problems?

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of the most critical problems in the modern world is a mass consumer society which people are choosing non-durable goods over durable ones and

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throw them away in a short time. In

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essay, I will talk about the possible things leading that behaviour and the problems it might be causing.

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of the causes is with the world’s economic growth, families started to have more income in their hands and more spending power. Because of

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, it didn’t cost much to replace an item with a new

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of buying

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high quality, long-lasting shoe consumers are constantly buying low-priced ones and

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throwing them away.

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, economists and business people are in charge of modern consumerism. They are using huge marketing and PR to drive people’s desire to consume

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as “planned obsolescence”. The most significant example of

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is Apple, which has made older models slower when they released new ones to make people feel they need a better

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, in the matter of problems, thrown away items will sit for good at landfill sites unless it is used by someone else or recycled,

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, the world is running out of landfill space.

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, Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a massive floating island of plastic in the ocean which is rapidly growing. These rubbishes are harmful for the environment and living being because of the climate changing.

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, buying disposable items end up spending more than to prefer durable ones which needed extra dollars in a short term. Because throw-away ma

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oods are having an uneconomically short living, and they can’t be repaired. In conclusion, economic developments with marketing strategies leading people to throw-away society which describes an ov

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nd excessive production of short-lived, disposable items.

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way of living, being harmful to the nature and individuals’ finance.