[Greenbuilding] 99 percent of stuff

[Brad Guy]

Not sure where they may have gotten this but you
should look at Alan Durning's book "The Secret Life of
Everyday Things"

He has statements such as only 6% of original material
on average makes it into final products, most stuff
discarded in 2-3 weeks and so on. Measurement is mass.

Durning's book identifies these products as "consumer
products", which I imagine the US government has a
definition for... i.e. disposable goods of limited
lifespan or something like that...

Brad

--- Benjamin Pratt <prattb at uwstout.edu> wrote:

> So I watched http://www.storyofstuff.com/, and she
> gave a statistic:
> "99 percent of the stuff we use is trash within 6
> months". But I am
> wondering, what is included in this "stuff"? Food,
> water, online
> movies? And how is it measured? Weight, volume,
> monetary value?
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Ben Pratt
> Professor, Design
> 
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Brad Guy
Ph.D. Program
School of Architecture
Carnegie Mellon University
Cell: 814-571-8659

President
Building Materials Reuse Association
www.buildingreuse.org

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