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"Is as good as it once was! Everything is built to fail"
And then we are told by manufacturers, consumer and government agencies that modern appliances are designed to be better for the environment and easier on resources. That this junk regularly ends up in landfill (not recycling), in less than 6 or so years, is of no interest and never gets mentioned in any of these conversations.
If these products didn't require a lot of resources for their manufacture and were they fully biodegradable, I wouldn't feel so critical of modern ideas about what constitutes good appliances vs what came before.
"Is as good as it once was! Everything is built to fail"
And then we are told by manufacturers, consumer and government agencies that modern appliances are designed to be better for the environment and easier on resources. That this junk regularly ends up in landfill (not recycling), in less than 6 or so years, is of no interest and never gets mentioned in any of these conversations.
If these products didn't require a lot of resources for their manufacture and were they fully biodegradable, I wouldn't feel so critical of modern ideas about what constitutes good appliances vs what came before.