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    Rubbish has no value’. Identify the arguments for and against this view. Plan Introduction: Brief background of the meanings of rubbish and value. What issues the essay will address. Paragraphs 2 & 3 Material Lives and Zygmunt Bauman (Hetherington) which introduces idea of consumer society Paragraph 4 Answers from a report called ‘The Food We Waste’ (WRAP‚ 2008a‚ 2008b) Statistics about rubbish and consumer society Paragraph 5 Vivien Brown and her question on ‘Where does rubbish go?’

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    Explore the claim that a consumer society is always a ‘throw-away’ society. Word limit: 1250 words Introduction: 10% of word limit = 125 words * Answer the question Body of the essay: 1000 words * Technology * Consumption * Status * Connected lives Conclusion: 10% of word limit = 125 words * Answer the question * Recap/summarise evidence to prove answer Explore the claim that a consumer society is always a “throw-away” society. A Swedish proverb says

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    made from water bottles‚ milk jugs‚ toilet paper rolls‚ and even tissue boxes! A couple styles of art from the earth are street art or “rubbish” kind of art‚ earth art and making art from unconventional materials. Many different specific pieces could be sorted into these three categories. Anyway‚ Earth without art would be just eh! In fact‚ street art or “rubbish art” is a very unique style of art. Street art is made from recyclable items as is every other style that is listed‚ but this kind became

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    Plan Introduction [allow 125 words] * Essay will aim to explain what is the meaning of term ‘consumer society’ * Will consider whether people have a freedom of choice in this type of society Main body [allow 950 words] * Define ‘consuming’ * Explain how people moved from Industrial Society. * When consumption is more than buying things for their use‚ but more for their meanings. * Displaying goods and wealth in order to increase social status. * Conspicuous consumption

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    one discusses rubbish the conclusion is often that it is worthless‚ and therefore disvalued. This essay will explain how rubbish is not worthless to different types of people and businesses . There must be certain factors for things to be considered ‘rubbish’ by society. These can include it being seen as broken‚ old‚ not needed or simply not wanted anymore. Though there may be some truth behind certain items being considered rubbish‚ such as broken‚ that item can still have value to another‚ so

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    contemporary UK society has been steadily changing. Where once we tended to define ourselves by our employment and the status in society that position may have given us‚ we now define ourselves much more by the goods we buy and choose to surround ourselves with (Hinchcliffe 2009).What we wear‚ the house we live in‚ the food we choose to buy and the experiences we create for ourselves all are thought to say more about us personally and as a society and have led to the creation of the term ‘consumer society’(Hinchliffe

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    A consumer society is best defined as the process in which goods and services are bought and used to satisfy people’s perceived needs (J.Obelkevich. 1994). The image of this consumer society can be described as one of individualism and freedom but it can also be marked by social divisions‚ inequalities and exclusions. This essay examines the relationships there are between consumerism‚ the social divisions this engenders and ultimately the choices‚ if any‚ this offers to people. It shows how our

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    A consumer society is a post-industrial term used to describe the fact that society is characterised more by what people consume and less by the jobs they do or goods they produce (Hetherington‚ 2009). As our relationship with consumerism has changed so too have the choices available of why‚ when‚ where and how we consume. The first part of this assignment will look at the characteristics of a consumer society‚ the choices available and identify the divisions created from unequal choices. The second

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    Essay plan- Introduction- Brief description on what a consumer society is? Topics being discussed Main points- The seduced The repressed- Concepts by Zygmunt Bauman Rich and the poor- social exclusion. Campaigns against Tesco STOP- Stop Tesco Owning Patrick Market Power- Advantages and disadvantages Buying Power- Cost-Prices

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    Rubbish has no value’. Identify the arguments for and against this view. Essay Plan: Introduction: I will explain the concept of ‘value’. I will also briefly explain how this links with peoples ideas/impressions of rubbish and waste. Main part: I will identify the points – that rubbish has value and also rubbish no value and try to include some stats/figures to show this. |Rubbish has value: |Rubbish has no value:

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