There is no doubt that we have become a “throwaway” society. Between the start of New York City waste collections in 1905 and 2005 there was a tenfold rise in "product waste" (packaging and old products), from 92 to 1,242 pounds per person per year. We throw away so much more than we used too, even food. In 2004, a University of Arizona study indicates that forty to fifty percent of all edible food never gets eaten. Every year $43 billion worth of edible food is estimated to be thrown away. Products are not even designed to be repaired anymore. Try to find a TV repair shop; they have gone the way of the dodo. It’s cheaper and easier for most people to buy a new one than to have it repaired. We waste because we want for not. We have cheap products; why not get rid of the old stuff? The new model is out; why mess with the old one? We have an abundance of food, why eat the leftovers? ...
The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.