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Longer Lasting Products - Alternatives To The Throwaway Society (Hardcover, New edition)
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Longer Lasting Products - Alternatives To The Throwaway Society (Hardcover, New edition)
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The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away
more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best
interests of the environment, for these goods to last. The
contributors to this book, who comprise many of the most
significant international thinkers in the field, explore how longer
lasting products could offer enhanced value while reducing
environmental impacts. If we created fewer but better quality
products, looked after them carefully and invested more in repair,
renovation and upgrading, would this direct our economy onto a more
sustainable course? The solution sounds simple, yet it requires a
seismic shift in how we think, whether as producers or consumers,
and our voracious appetite for novelty. The complex range of issues
associated with product life-spans demands a multidisciplinary
approach. The book covers historical context, design, engineering,
marketing, law, government policy, consumer behaviour and systems
of provision. It addresses the whole range of consumer durables -
vehicles, kitchen appliances, audio-visual equipment and other
domestic products, furniture and floor coverings, hardware, garden
tools, clothing, household textiles, recreational goods and DIY
goods - as well as the re-use of packaging. Longer Lasting Products
provides policy makers, those involved in product design,
manufacturing and marketing, and all of us as consumers, with clear
and compelling guidance as to how we can move away from a throwaway
culture towards an economy sustained by more durable goods.
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