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The throw-away society is a generalised description of human social concept strongly influenced by consumerism, whereby the society tends to use items once only, from disposable packaging, and consumer products are not designed for reuse or lifetime use.
Throw-away society, a human society strongly influenced by consumerism "Thrown Away, a short story by Rudyard Kipling
A 2012 Natural Resources Defense Council report interpreted this to mean that Americans threw away up to 40% of food that was safe to eat. [32] Buzby & Hyman (2012) estimated both the total weight (in kg and lbs) and monetary value (in USD) of food loss in the United States, concluding that "the annual value of food loss is almost 10% of the ...
9. Family Relics. If the thought of holding onto old dishes, figurines, and the like seems like a waste of space, think twice before saying goodbye.
Throw-Away Society – Human society strongly influenced by consumerism; Consumer capitalism – Condition in which consumer demand is manipulated through mass-marketing; Economic materialism – Excessive desire to acquire and consume material goods; Conspicuous consumption – Concept in sociology and economy
An affluent society is form of society characterized by material abundance for broad segments of the population. A typical image for the affluent society is the literary topos of the Cockaigne, a mythical land of luxury goods. Similar terms, used more in a negative context, are throw-away society and consumer society.
Garbology is the study of modern refuse and trash as well as the use of trash cans, compactors and various types of trash can liners. It is a major source of information on the nature and changing patterns in modern refuse, and thereby, human society.
Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, [1] written together with his wife Adelaide Farrell, [2] [3] in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, and a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time".