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Consumption involves satisfying wants through use of goods and services, destroying their utility. There are four types of consumption: direct, productive, wasteful, and harmful. Factors influencing consumption include income, occasion, advertisements, prices, values, seasons, and imitation. The document quotes sustainable design expert William McDonough noting that what we purchase is just the visible tip of a much larger system involving extraction, waste, and labor to produce goods.

Author

Katya Cso

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EN