The Story Of Stuff
Extraction:
Taking the planet's resources, for example wood, minerals, coal, fossil fuel, water, plants, animals, and soil out of the earth & starting their journey through the materials economy. 1/3 of natural resources are gone, in U.S. forest is less than 4% left, 40% of water way is became undrinkable. 5% of the population, 30% of the world resources, 80% of the regional are gone. And in a minute it can loss 2,000 trees.
Production:
In the production stage we use energy to add toxic chemical to the natural resources to make toxic products. Our industrial production systems use vast amount of natural resources, water, energy and chemical compounds to churn out pollution, work and community health problems and products, many of which contain toxic know to be harmful to human health and the environment. Over 100,000 synthetic chemicals are using today. B.F.R are represent brominated flame retardants. 4,000,000,000 lbs of pollution.
Distribution:
Distribution involved transporting and selling all the stuff quickly and cheaply. Externalized costs is mean to keep the prices down, which is the price tags on consumer products don't capture the true costs of producing and distributing all this stuff.
Consumption:
Unsustainable and inequitable and must be changed but changing consumer behavior isn't enough. 99% of the things that we bough them then throw them in the trashcan. Planned obsolescence ( another word for it is "designed for the dump") and Perceived obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is a policy of planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete, that is, unfashionable or no longer functional after a certain period of time. Perceived obsolescence is an object that may continue to be functional, but no longer perceived to be stylish or appropriate; rendered obsolete by perception, rather than by function.
Disposal:
virtually all the resources flowing through the materials economy eventually end up as waste to be disposed somewhere, usually dumped or burned for recovered. But the % of toxicity recycling can't do anything. Waste needs to be designed out of the system from the start through cleaner production, better product design, composting, recycling and using less stuff. 4.5 lbs of garbage per day.
My Reflection:
After I watch the video "The Story of Stuff" I learn a lot of things from that video. Taking the planet's resources, for example wood, minerals, coal, fossil fuel, water, plants, animals, and soil out of the earth & starting their journey through the materials economy, in a minute it can loss 2,000 trees. Over 100,000 synthetic chemicals are using today. B.F.R are represent brominated flame retardants. 4,000,000,000 lbs of pollution. Distribution involved transporting and selling all the stuff quickly and cheaply. Unsustainable and inequitable and must be changed but changing consumer behavior isn't enough. 99% of the things that we bough them then throw them in the trashcan. the % of toxicity recycling can't do anything. Waste needs to be designed out of the system from the start through cleaner production, better product design, composting, recycling and using less stuff. 4.5 lbs of garbage per day.
Taking the planet's resources, for example wood, minerals, coal, fossil fuel, water, plants, animals, and soil out of the earth & starting their journey through the materials economy. 1/3 of natural resources are gone, in U.S. forest is less than 4% left, 40% of water way is became undrinkable. 5% of the population, 30% of the world resources, 80% of the regional are gone. And in a minute it can loss 2,000 trees.
Production:
In the production stage we use energy to add toxic chemical to the natural resources to make toxic products. Our industrial production systems use vast amount of natural resources, water, energy and chemical compounds to churn out pollution, work and community health problems and products, many of which contain toxic know to be harmful to human health and the environment. Over 100,000 synthetic chemicals are using today. B.F.R are represent brominated flame retardants. 4,000,000,000 lbs of pollution.
Distribution:
Distribution involved transporting and selling all the stuff quickly and cheaply. Externalized costs is mean to keep the prices down, which is the price tags on consumer products don't capture the true costs of producing and distributing all this stuff.
Consumption:
Unsustainable and inequitable and must be changed but changing consumer behavior isn't enough. 99% of the things that we bough them then throw them in the trashcan. Planned obsolescence ( another word for it is "designed for the dump") and Perceived obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is a policy of planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete, that is, unfashionable or no longer functional after a certain period of time. Perceived obsolescence is an object that may continue to be functional, but no longer perceived to be stylish or appropriate; rendered obsolete by perception, rather than by function.
Disposal:
virtually all the resources flowing through the materials economy eventually end up as waste to be disposed somewhere, usually dumped or burned for recovered. But the % of toxicity recycling can't do anything. Waste needs to be designed out of the system from the start through cleaner production, better product design, composting, recycling and using less stuff. 4.5 lbs of garbage per day.
My Reflection:
After I watch the video "The Story of Stuff" I learn a lot of things from that video. Taking the planet's resources, for example wood, minerals, coal, fossil fuel, water, plants, animals, and soil out of the earth & starting their journey through the materials economy, in a minute it can loss 2,000 trees. Over 100,000 synthetic chemicals are using today. B.F.R are represent brominated flame retardants. 4,000,000,000 lbs of pollution. Distribution involved transporting and selling all the stuff quickly and cheaply. Unsustainable and inequitable and must be changed but changing consumer behavior isn't enough. 99% of the things that we bough them then throw them in the trashcan. the % of toxicity recycling can't do anything. Waste needs to be designed out of the system from the start through cleaner production, better product design, composting, recycling and using less stuff. 4.5 lbs of garbage per day.