Hmmm, and where do all those rare earth minerals go? We see them every day in consumer products (not so much in EVs and advanced fighter jets). Example? The magnets in a clip-on temporary badge for a 2 day mtg. Most of them probably ended up in the trash …. #RareEarthMagnets #ConsumerWaste

Read SCARCITY • Ian Mahm -- Science Fiction -- #ConsumerWaste #IanMahm https://everydayfiction.com/?p=23840

Coffee lids: new book on the elegant design of a modern scourge https://boingboing.net/2018/07/24/coffee-lids-new-book-on-the-e.html #consumerculture #consumerwaste #Environment #Coffee #design #Video #books #video #Post

Drinking glasses made from old smartphone screens https://boingboing.net/2018/04/12/drinking-glasses-made-from-old.html #consumerwaste #re-purposed #smartphones #Pentatonic #upcycle #Post