Story of stuff

This week we watched a documentary on the plight of the current consumer.  The documentary was called the story of stuff and pointed out the flaws in the current product life cycle.  Every part of the chain was flawed from production to disposal.   The main problem in lies in the cheap toxic manufacturing processes, exploitation of developing countries and planned obsolescence in product design.  After working in a retail shoe store for years I know full well that planned obsolescence exists in consumer products, why do you think your 90 dollar running shoes never last more than a year.  The documentary was interesting and presented a very real problem in our global economy.