These days people in some countries are living in a “throwaway” society which means people use things in a short time then throw them away. What are its causes and what impacts can it have? 

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society is mired in a notion, known as "throwaway" customer culture.
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culture is based upon the idea that
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we are buying are
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and we don't even need them to be usable for a long time. In
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way
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of social consciousness people
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tend to see
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disposable
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to be more practical than reusable.
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of thinking causes people to choose short-term pleasures
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of long-term ones. And buying
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is obviously a good
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to cheer yourself up.
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- buying prepared food in
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saves
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time and gives you an opportunity to choose any meal you want every time. It
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more comfortable than cooking for yourself and being limited with the products you have in your
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, but it's barely cheaper or healthier.
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, it
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produces
much more trash. Speaking about trash, throwaway society seems to be the main reason for the level of waste to
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increase
more and more every year.
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instance - one-off electronic cigarettes. I, personally, see
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this people
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with
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disposable
vapes all over, and it's scary to even imagine how much
plastics
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and electronics
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thrown away
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. It is worth mentioning, that plastics and electronics (especially batteries) are very pollutive
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to be just thrown in a trash bin, they need to be recycled in a special
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. To
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conclude
, a "throwaway" customer culture, caused by a sharp rise in
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standard of living, is very offensive
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ecology. It's
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no good for society as we value
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less, because of living with the thought that you can always buy a new one.
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