Friday, March 11, 2011

More demand for less material?

Two things that I hate to see are waste and inefficiency.  If you're like me, the sight of a garbage dump chock full of old tv's, vcr's, appliances and other consumer products is unsettling.  In recent years, many have begun to question the ramifications of our throwaway society.  Increasingly, smart consumers are opting for higher quality, longer lasting, better designed products that mitigate our abundant creation of waste.  I came across this article on the core77 blog.  It raises some relevant issues regarding the future of design in a world where emerging economies are competing for more and more scarce resources.  Braungart understands the need to recapture and reuse the material we use to make products.  What are some choices that we, as consumers, can make to facilitate a more pragmatic material cycle?  Would you be willing to pay more for products made of materials that were easily recaptured for reuse?

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