Planned obsolescence and the environment

In his article Michael Bloch gives really interesting tips in order to face the planned obsolescence:

write to companies asking them to improve their quality and that we are prepared to pay more if they do so. If enough people take this action, maybe things will change.

The other thing we can do is to treat manufacturer replacement date recommendations with suspicion, unless of course it's a safety issue.

Additionally, when something seems broken or depleted, use the power of the web to find alternatives or perhaps a cheap fix - a great example are the ink cartridges I mentioned earlier. Instead of throwing these environmental nasties out, you can buy refill kits that will save you a ton of cash and literally help save tons of cartridges going into landfill.

Finally, and the most important thing we can do is to look after the stuff we own a little better. Items tend to wear out faster if they aren't maintained and we've generally become lazy.

more:
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/231/1/Planned-obsolescence.html

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Added by:
Fahad AlNassar