{"id":5219,"date":"2022-05-12T11:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teeviit.ee\/youth-info\/uncategorized-et\/excessive-consumption-affects-people-and-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:54:01","slug":"excessive-consumption-affects-people-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teeviit.ee\/youth-info\/en\/excessive-consumption-affects-people-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Excessive consumption affects people and the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A smartphone from China, music from the US, a shirt from Bangladesh, trousers from Turkey, a football from Pakistan. Everything we use has travelled thousands of kilometres before reaching us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business must be both efficient and profitable. This means that companies often push to produce lots of goods as cheaply as possible. Unfortunately, this also means concessions on ethical standards. Large industrial buildings, toxic chemicals, cramped spaces and poor working conditions can be the starting point for everyday consumer products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So before you buy another new product, try to find out where and how it was made. You can get basic information about the area or conditions of manufacture, for example, from the label printed on the product or garment. Many of the products we use every day are made in developing countries, mostly because it is cheaper to manufacture in these regions. You should always ask yourself whether a new shirt or pair of jeans really needs to travel such a long way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n