Description
Product ID: | 9780749478056 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Understanding Planned Obsolescence |
Subtitle: | Unsustainability Through Production, Consumption and Waste Generation |
Authors: | Author: Kamila Pope |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Production and quality control management, Production & quality control management, Purchasing and supply management, Distribution and logistics management, Purchasing & supply management, Distribution & warehousing management |
Description: | Planned obsolescence is a strategy used to make products obsolete, leading to their premature replacement. The result is the over-exploitation of natural resources, increased waste and detrimental social impacts. This book looks at the causes, cost and impact of planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is a strategy used to make products obsolete, leading to their premature replacement. The result is the over-exploitation of natural resources, increased waste and detrimental social impacts. It is a known practice in consumer electronics and affects other industries as they put profit before consequence. |
Imprint Name: | Kogan Page Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Kogan Page Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-01-03 |