Here are a few reasons:
-When it costs much more to do so. If a recycled widget costs more than the new one, most people will go for the new part.
-When we want the latest technology whether we need it or not. The cell phones in our pockets 2 years ago worked fine but many of us traded them in already to get the latest and greatest. Look how many resources were wasted.
-When we believe there is a need to have the latest fashions. Seriously? You’re not wearing that top because the color is 2010? Are you kidding?
-When we buy crap/goods that some celebrity wears to a staged event or hypes on a TV show.
-When we buy a new house instead of looking at an existing, older home.
-When we succumb to peer pressure and throw out a returnable bottle because we don’t want to appear ‘cheap’ by carrying it around.
-When we buy a car, or house bigger than we need because we think it will improve our status with members of the opposite sex.
I will get off my recycled soapbox now.