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But you are ignoring environmental cost. Purchasing stuff several times leads to an enormous amount of waste and energy spent on construction, transport and re
by nextos 10y ago
But you are ignoring environmental cost.
Purchasing stuff several times leads to an enormous amount of waste and energy spent on construction, transport and recycling.
Following on your mattress example, some swedes take pride on owning the same Hästens mattress for more than 70 years. They are expensive, but not outrageous if you ignore their recent flashy models. Regular ones are maybe 3 or 4x of what a decent mattress costs.
Same can be said about lots of items, like chairs, tables, pens, kitchen tools or even clothes. Good stuff can last for long. There's even a reddit community that discusses these: http://reddit.com/r/bifl http://reddit.com/r/bifl
- Retric 10y agoYou have any idea how much dead skin would be in those things after 70 years ick. Anyway for some real numbers a friend uses a 50$ foam pad that last ~5-10 years. It's not great, but it's better than a lot of older mattress people get used to. Considering the light weight and minimal materials it's probably better for the environment than you might think. It's not like dumping the things in a landfill cases much harm and for the price not much resources / energy can go into making it.