Discarded Futons

I traveled to SUNY Oneonta today to pick up some my cousin’s furniture from her dorm room. While there I saw not one, not two, but five discarded futons. I was surprised to see such waste. We have grown up in a generation with a “throw-away” mentality. If I don’t need it anymore, I’ll just throw it out. If it’s broken rather then fixing it, I’ll just throw it out. It is circular problem. As a result of the disposable attitude of consumers, modern products have decreased in quality. As a result of the decrease in quality, items break and lose value more quickly causing them to be thrown away without second thought. This attitude is rapidly filling our landfills and destroying our earth. When we are so quick to trash, we lose the value of our treasure.