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Why capitalism creates a throwaway society
Source: Posted: 08-28-2008 at 03:00:32
| New Statesman: Within living memory, Britain was a country where recycling was a way of life and waste was abhorred. Milk was delivered in glass bottles and the empties were left on the doorstep for collection the next morning. The silver tops were kept to buy guide dogs for the blind. A beer or soft-drink bottle carried a deposit that was recoverable on its return. Rag-and-bone men toured the streets seeking waste material. Children who failed to eat up their food were sternly told the ... |
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