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Lets make waste disappear

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Lets make waste disappear

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Stop waaaaassssssttiiiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg(wasting)by not using tooo much money to buy unnecesary things.

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Please save our earth

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No more gifs please

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Recycle!! Save earth!! Use less plastic
Nitin

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Reduce the number of trees to prevent global warming

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Gukha( Chaos)

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Lack of gratitude

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Recycle

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Buy many items online at once(if needed )instead of buying single items multiple time to reduce the amount of cardboard use for packaging

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We can do it together!

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We can recycle the waste

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Recycle by making items out of waste like a phone holder out of paper clips 👍

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Recycle

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TOOOOOOO MUCH TRASH LETS RECYCLE

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Recycle

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We need to stop cutting down trees and so that we can reduce global warmin
Our society will not flourish due to te bad impact on it which is made by global warming
Plants cant grow as the water in the soil will dry up and so the plants cant make food and will hence DIY

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. people can practise on doing the 3rs ( reuse , reduce , recycle )

.  use biodegradable items

.  do not spend your money on items that you do not need

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The culture of consumerism can affect the consumer by not having enough natural resources for life processes. It can affect companies as most of the business industry is either plastic or anything relating to trees. Thus, once thereis not enough trees or no trees at all, all the companies that run a business that have plastic or trees as their main source of material will go bankrupt. There will be more needs of more recycling plants as more waste are produced. The society will be chaotic and ugly.

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We can bring along a recycable bag when we go to the grocery store to buy our daily need.

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-The consumers will have a lack of gratefulness of their items and might not think about how their actions lead to many problems in the world such as mass cutting down of trees that would cause global warming due to the items they bought and the packaging of their items.
-Companies will need to make a decision of changing their packaging/containers to a more eco friendly material which might cause them to increase the price of their items. This might also cause a decrease in the number of customers.

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They might be spoiled

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Lets make waste dissappear

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we can give out tips on how to save the enviornment

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We  can increase the reward for returning the containers which will motivate many more people to  do so

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Dont make the earth sad

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Follow the doggo

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Buying un-wanted items can lead to the contribution of pollution as the un-wanted packaging is for a one time use and most online shopper will forget about the packaging

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We can different shade what is a want and a need

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Leggo recycle doggy

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Stop the urge of using straws and just drink with a cup to reduce plastic waste
Nitin

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We should reuse the materials we use in useful ways

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Don't waste

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It will cause deforestation and there will be less rainfall

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We can stop everybody from buying useless junk
We can tell everybody the impact of the cost of consumerism and tell them how to stop buying useless junk

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We should be rejecting more non- renuable items
This what i do if i see someone litter#killer litter

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-We can use reusable straws when we buy a drink so that we can save plastic
- We can reduce the amount of products we use and reuse the waste products we have or put then in recycling dustbins

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We can hold recycling progects in school in school and encourage everyone to recycle and ask them to reuse instead of throwing the item away

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Businesses and companies use alot of natural resorces example trees to make cardboards which leads to the problem of having lesser oxygen in the air as more trees help to take in more carbondioxide and give out more oxygen for us humans to respire

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"Don't buy what you don't need."
Consumerism is not a pathway to joy and meaning in life. This is not a new revelation. In fact, we all know it to be true.

If specifically asked the question, nobody would ever say the secret to a joyful, meaningful life is to buy a lot of stuff. Deep down in our hearts, we know we were made for something bigger-something more significant than mere consumption.

Nobody really believes happiness is directly tied to the number of things we own. Yet almost all of us live like it.

We work more hours than ever before, earn more income, but save less. Personal debt has increased dramatically over the previous three decades. And consumer spending has been exalted to a virtue in our society-even patriotic.

As a result, the average credit card holder now carries 4 different credit cards in his or her pocket. Shopping malls outnumber high schools 2 to 1. 70% of Americans visit a shopping mall each week. Televisions outnumber persons in American homes. Home sizes have doubled in the past 50 years. And consumer debt has risen to 35% of household income.

Will Rogers said it like this, " Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. "

We never intentionally set out to buy more than we need or spend more than we make. But here's the problem:

Mindless consumption always turns into excessive consumption. ( tweet that)

And excess consumption results in more stress, more burden, more pressure to impress, more envy, less financial freedom, less generosity, less contentment-and I haven't even begun to mention the environmental impact.

It is time to rethink our spending habits, rediscover thoughtfulness and intentionality in our purchases, and remind ourselves that happiness is not on sale at the department store. Buying more is not the solution. We were made for greater pursuits than material possessions. And our lives should reflect that truth.

How then, might we begin to rethink and challenge mindless consumerism in our lives? Consider this intentional approach:

1. Stop and reevaluate. Look at the life you have created. Are you finding the time, money, and energy for the things that matter most? Have your possessions become a burden on your life in any way? Slow down long enough to honestly evaluate the whole picture: your income, your mortgage, your car payment, your spending habits, your day-to-day pursuits. Are you happy? Or is there, perhaps, a better way?

2. Stop copying other people. Just because your neighbors, classmates, and friends are chasing a certain style of life does not mean you need to as well. Your life is too unique to live like everyone else. And if you think you'll be happier by following all the latest trends in society, you are wrong. Just ask anybody who has stopped.

3. Understand your weaknesses. Recognize your trigger points. Are there certain stores that prompt unnecessary purchases in your life? Are there products, addictions, or pricing patterns (clearance sales) that prompt an automatic response from you? Maybe there are specific emotions (sadness, loneliness, grief) that give rise to mindless consumption. Identify, recognize, and understand these weaknesses. 51% of the solution can be found by simply recognizing the problem.

4. Look deep into your motivations. Advertisers play on our motivations by appealing to our desires in subtle ways. Advertisements are no longer based on communicating facts about a product. Instead, they promise adventure, reputation, esteem, joy, fulfillment, and sex. What inner-motivations are subconsciously guiding your purchases? What motivations (greed, envy) need to be rooted out? And what motivations (meaning, significance) need to find their fulfillment elsewhere?

5. Seek contribution with your life and usefulness in your purchases. To live is to consume. As contributing members of society, we are going to work and earn and purchase and consume. But we are more than consumers, we are contributors. Our presence on this earth ought to bring value to the people around us. Purchase only what you need to more effectively accomplish your unique role in this world-everything else is only a distraction. Just because you can buy something doesn't mean you should.

6. Count the hidden cost of each purchase. Too often, when we purchase an item, we only look at the sticker price. But this is rarely the full cost. Our purchases always cost more. They require our time, energy, and focus (cleaning, organizing, maintaining, fixing, replacing, removing). They prompt worry, stress, and attachment. Henry David Thoreau said it best, " The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. "

7. Test your limits. Experiment with a no-shopping challenge. You set the terms-even the world's biggest shopper can find one experiment to test their boundaries. Go 30 days with no consumer purchases, 60 days without visiting the mall, or 120 days without buying clothes. You set the specific challenge based on your needs. You will break the cycle of shopping in the short-term and lay the groundwork for greater victory in the long-term.

8. Give more things away. Your life will feel lighter. Your heart will feel warmer. The world will be better. And you will be reminded shopping is not the answer.

9. Do more of what makes you happy. Your possessions are not making you happy. Once our basic needs have been met, the happiness found in consumerism is fleeting at best. Instead, find what it is that truly makes you happy and do more of it. I find my happiness in faith, family, friends, and contribution. Your list may differ slightly. But either way, owning a whole bunch of stuff is almost certainly not on it.

Make intentionality your highest pursuit. Not consumerism.

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9 Intentional Ways to Challenge Consumerism in Your Life

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"Don't buy what you don't need." Consumerism is not a pathway to joy and meaning in life. This is not a new revelation. In fact, we all know it to be true. If specifically asked the question, nobody would ever say the secret to a joyful, meaningful life is to buy a lot of stuff.

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You really need to throw your rubbish in the BIN!

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We could use more bio-degradable and over time the caused of global warning will decrease

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We should not buy unnecessary items so that we can cut down on the wastage and usage of materials.
We should also always be aware of the 3 R’s.
1.Reduce
2.Reuse
3.Recycle

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We should force ourselves/other people(siblings,friends) not to buy things that are not necessary but things that are needed. Eg. pull them away. If we see people trying to throw containers/plastics, we can stop them and help them to make something useful

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Use material that are biodegradable to package the items.

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1. When buying  things at hawker centres, we can bring our own containers when taking away food
2. When buying things online, there are some services that allow u to go to the place itself and collect the item so we won't waste packaging and u can also check the product to see if its okay and if there is anything wrong you can check with the services there
3. Using the 3Rs(reuse,reduce,recycle) we can recycle things and create a new things with them :D

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We can recycle and stop buying items that we want but do not need now. :FeelsGoodMan:

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Its an art

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The consumer: He /she have to much junk and he / she will become a hoarder. When he/she does not throw the junk away, it might become a fire hazard and might get caught on fire, risking his/her life and others life too
Business : they will earn more money
Recycling plants: they will have lesser thing to recycle
Waste disposal centres: they will have a lot more junk to recycle
The society: More people will buy stuff that they don't need

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We can try to buy items that come in biodegradable packaging so that we can reuse them. We should also bring our own containers or bags to cut down on the usage of new packaging.

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When we buy something, we can use our own packaging to reduce the amount of waste. We can also share tips to our family members or friends on how to reduce waste. By doing this, we can encourage more people to reduce, recycle and reuse

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-The consumer will end up wasting a lot of money as they will keep buying unessesary items
- The businesses will gain more money as people will buy more and more products and will allow the business to grow
-The recycling plants will feel overwelmed as when more people buy products, the amount of packaging that needs to be recycled will increase and then less packaging will be able to be recycled
- Global warming will occur as when the trees are cut down the carbon dioxide from them will be released into the environment and cause the earth to as it is a greenhouse gas

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the companies will need to use more materials on packing stuff which cause more trees to be chopped down . It will cause global warming .

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We can buy things that we NEED, and not WANTs.Or else our house will be a pile of rubbish that we do not need.(My house is already full of toys and those are my brothers's!)

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We can purchase things from a company that reuses the package, we can use bio-degradable materials and refuse straws when buying drinks
Nitin

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We can help spread awareness about Comsummerism  and what would happen to the furture of people if this continue and isnt stopped

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The consumer:The consumer might overcrowd his or her home
The business:The busniess profit might increase but it is polluting the enviroment
The recycling plants:The recycling plants will deacrese as not many people are recycling
Society as a whole:The society will have a thought that it is alright to consume unnecessery

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We can save the world

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Scare and annoy everybody with gLoBaL wArMiNg

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The consumers will be tempted to buy more items and they will waste materials and in the future generation, there will be lesser materials to make more items that are needs instead of wants.
The businesses will make more of that product as there are more people buying it but when the materials become lesser, the company will not be able to make more of that item and thus lesser people will go to their shop as they cannot buy the item that they want. The business of that shop will lose money buy paying rent but with no people buying it, they will become bankrupt.

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Recycle more materials so that the enviroment around you will be healthier around you and this would not contribute to global warming.

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Places will start to  be dangerous as boxes will overflow the bins and may fall on people

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Reuse packages by recycling them as decoration or reusing them as containers

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We can reuse it by turning it into art

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We can recycle

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We can use more biodegradable materials for packaging

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Consumer: Waste a lot of money on consumer items and have a lot of packaging they will not use.
Businesses: The businesses will waste a lot of money on packaging and might go broke.
Recycling plants/disposal centres: If the packaging of the items are sent to the recycling plants or disposal centres from the customers and will have too much work to handle.
Society: Global warming as the material for the packaging is from natural resources.

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-The consumer will get more and more wanting and the amount of cardbored increases.
-The buinesses will use to many $$$$$$ to produce cardbored boxes

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Don't waste money and use recyclable materials.

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The consumer will lose money and it will turn into waste while the businesses will earn lots of money and the recyling plants would be empty and wastage plants would overflow and it would smell in the streets.

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cardboard boxes are made from trees and when too much trees are chopped down,it leads to deforestation and there will be more carbon dioxide which can leads to global warming.

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Businesses will have to spend money buying cardboard

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We can...
- Bring re-usable containers when ordering takeouts
- Bring a fabric bag when we are doing our groceries
- Return the re-usable containers to the shop
- Remember the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

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We can cut down on wants and concentrate on needs!

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Prices of items will rise  since the resources will decrease as more people buy their products ;-;

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This will lead to GLOBAL WARMING.Everybody will become bankrupt if they get too used to wasting products.Buisnesses will rain out of money after some time

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The company will buy more ( cardboards and bubble warps etc. ) and the price will keep going up and might caused to global warning

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Businesses and companies will raise the price of items as more people in the world are buying items and not recycling the packaging the items come in and the companies will have to buy more packaging, thus selling items at a higher price due to the fact that they have to spend more money on packaging.

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The consumer may spend too much money
Buisnesses may demand for more resources
Recycling plants and disposal centres may use more energy and contribute to global warming
gLoBaL wArMiNg

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The child would follow what ever the family members do so if their family members keep buying things that are not needed , the child will also grow to buy things they do not need . This way there will also be problems with storage and so more

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We can recycle and cultivate the habit of buying what we need over what we want

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We can learn to take care of our enviroment by learning to do the 3rs
1.Reuse
2.Recycle
3.Reduce

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Bhumi
Make more people aware about how they should not spend as much money through social media

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The number of plants/trees in the world will decrease because companies are using these to make them into containers etc.
Waste in disposal centres will increase as after people have used the packaging, they will just throw it away instead of reusing them

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There will be a lot of trash for recycling company to keep up with and there could aslo be piles of trash that have been piled up from not being able to be recycled

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He will be a spoilt child and follow his parents and waste a lot of products .
Nitin😀

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In school,we can paste meaningful posters all around and teach them how to use 3Rs.
At home,parents should be a good role model to children so they do not learn the bad habits from the parents