I was told that there enough stuff out there to fulfill our needs for the next fifty or so years if we suddenly halted manufacturing.
In this age of supposedly being environmentally conscious, we have become more conditioned than ever to throw away perfectly functional items just for the sake of having the latest thing as well as items that have the simplest problem to get going again.
Can we really count solely on many manufacturer's claims that almost every part is recyclable material?
Microwave ovens are a classic example. There are many examples of thirty year old microwaves out there, still giving sterling service while consumers can expect a life of 2 years of they are lucky.
This is exactly the situation we had with a Samsung we bought three years ago. It gave up the ghost in about that time.
Did I go out and spend $200 on another after this experience?
I replaced it with a 15 year old Panasonic Genius
I found on the kerb out side a block off units that continues to work like a Swiss watch.
