Answer:
The environmental cost of the consumer society, such as planned obsolescence or rising levels of garbage, jeopardize sustainable development.
Explanation:
Today people have at their disposal all kinds of products and goods to satisfy their needs, from the most basic to the most sophisticated. However, this apparent benefit is a double-edged sword, as excessive consumption by a minority of the world's population is leading to a deficit of resources. For this reason, in recent years it has become necessary to study how we consume and what effects this fact has on the environment and society.
The economic model in today's society has been linear and is based on the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing and production, distribution and purchase and, finally, disposal. Let's see the main problems in some of these phases:
- During the extraction of natural resources, raw materials and energy are obtained from nature to produce goods and services. Many of these resources are not renewable or regenerate very slowly, which is a double problem: on the one hand we are alternating the cycles or the regeneration capacity of some resources, such as the water cycle. And on the other hand we are producing raw materials and energy in a very polluting way; for example, with the burning of fossil fuels.
- During production, harmful chemical substances are introduced that facilitate and increase production, production is relocated to developing countries that often fail to comply with legal minimums and polluting or toxic by-products are generated.
