Ⅱ. Body 1. Topic sentence: The throw-away culture has developed primarily because people now have higher incomes and can afford many products, ranging from disposable products to electronic products. a. More often than not, people tend to follow fashion and they regard some material possessions, such as cell phones, as status symbols. …show more content…
Besides, the improvement of productivity and the innovation of technology have driven this trend, because they substitute purchases disposable goods rather than reusable goods. Consumers changed their perspective to buy disposable goods instead of reusable goods since they pay more attention on their time costs after the revenue has been improved. (McCollough, 2007) 2. Topic sentence: It is worth to note that environment awareness is also a reason. a. Consumers hardly ever concern about their buying habits can cause negative consequences on environment. Consumers always neglect the enormous negative effects on our environment as a result of they casually throw away the old phone. (“Money,” 2007) b. It is useless that consumers have environment awareness, but lack a deep understanding of environmental issues. There is a research show that the majority of consumers do not know specific components of green products, and also do not understand it can benefit for our environment. Besides, most of them desire to make some contributes on environment, but they do not know how to do this. (Kumar, Garg & Makkar, 2012) c. Furthermore, the relevant departments disregarded the knowledge of recycling, so they contributed a negative impact on this …show more content…
Besides, Inform agrees with the government Introduce policies about recycling old phones for every mobile phones industry, Bette Fishbein, senior fellow at Inform demonstrated. (“Money,” 2007) c. Besides, it is important to raise people’s environmental awareness since it changes the ways in which people use and dispose of products. There is a research from a team in Inform Inc. which aim to figure out the impact of business on the environment. People in US throw away 100 million phones per year, and contributes 50,000 tons of waste. It is clear that environment awareness plays a crucial role in terms of environment issues. (“Money,” 2007)
IV. Conclusion λ People’s attitude toward consumption and the increase in disposable income are main reasons behind the prevalence of the throw-away culture. λ To address this problem successfully, the top priority is to raise people’s awareness of environmental protection, which can lead to a change to their lifestyle. λ In addition, the government should propose regulations to require companies to recycle or reuse the