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Massive Abandonment Society: the Hidden Secrets of the Clothing and Convenience Store Industries (translated Documentary)

(japan) Nakamura Kazuyo Et Al.

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In daily life, when the clothes you bought at a cheap discount are thrown away without even being worn; when the food you buy in large quantities during a merchant's promotion has to be thrown into the trash can after you finish it, will there be a moment in your mind when the thought "something seems wrong" flashes through your mind? In Japan, the clothing industry discards hundreds of millions of new clothes every year, and the number of discarded products from the fast-moving consumer food industry is even more staggering. We live in an era of mass production, mass consumption, and mass waste, but we take these for granted. Behind this phenomenon is a large amount of waste of earth resources and the exploitation of cheap labor. Behind "waste" there must be "unreasonableness". The senior writer of "Asahi Shimbun" went deep into the production and consumption scene of the FMCG industry to discuss the current situation and solutions to this "massive waste society".