09/12/2022
planned ob·so·les·cence
/ˌpland ˌäbsəˈlesəns/
a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of nondurable materials.
Electric Mowers are 70% more plastic than gas mowers.
They are made so that you should need to buy a new mower every 3-5 years.
After that, it goes to the curb, then shredded, then released into the ocean.
China is the biggest buyer of our scrap metal to use to build infrastructure, yet they make almost everything we buy out of plastic, then we pay them to tow it off to recycle, even after telling us 10 years ago, they no longer recycle ♻️.
