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1. September 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am

   Joanne Stocker says:

   I agree 100%

2. September 11th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

   Jim says:

   Anyone who buys a high-tech object that has an average shelf life of eleven months is promoting design that was destined from concept to be trash; cardboard laptops or mobile phones will just further that trend. Designing and manufacturing for disposability is foolish. Designing with the ability to repurpose a quality product or its materials at the end of its life is a responsible way to ensure extended viability of materials and resources while minimizing the impact on long term value and usability.

3. May 12th, 2009 at 12:07 am

   Chi says:

   Regardless of how often one replaces a product, when consumers buy, they expect to be paying for a product that lasts. The disposable shell of a product might not even lower much in the cost of production since the parts required on the inside would be similar to the old designs. But the disposable look of the item would definitely lower the price on the price tags. If most manufacturers are building products which are only good for a short period of time for marketing reasons, therefore consumers would keep buying new products. Then why would they produce something that would lower their profit? What is right for society is a theory and what we do happen to be inconsistent to the idea.

4. October 13th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

   Adam Lehman says:

   Check out the book, “Cradle to Cradle” instead of worrying about polluting the world with products, what if we designed objects that were biological and societal nutrients….?

   http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm

   learn about companies which are already doing this….

   http://www.c2ccertified.com/

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