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The good news is that industrialized nations are recycling more. The bad news is that they are wasting more as well. In most places, recycling can't keep up with higher and higher consumption rates. The problem is that capitalism creates hardened consumers, so even if many buy green, they still buy too much.

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    berkeley1 year, 3 months ago

    If everyone in the world consumed like North Americans, for example, we would need the collective resources of five planet Earths.

    as it is, the humans here are only using the resources of 2.5 earths. the word sustainable needs a bit more publicity.

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