The Story of Stuff

In general the video was not very surprising because it has been ingrained in our brains that we are wasteful and that we need to recycle and contribute to fixing this problem. But one statistic that really was surprising to me and stood out was that 99% of what we buy is in the trash after 6 months. To me this is crazy and ultimately shows how wasteful we are. I don't really think this will get much better, at least not anytime soon. Black Friday is the perfect example of why this problem will not improve, people do not want to change their ways. I was at Woodfield at four in the morning, people are willing to go to great lengths for low prices.