A historian unpacks the origins of our plastic addiction

Re:A historian unpacks the origins of our plastic addiction by pbhjpbhj on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:18PM (#20245531)

I've heard of a couple of examples of companies that will replace goods at any age, but they don't appear to be any good as capitalist entities as they're not profiting rich owners to the optimum extent.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/30sand40s/32-brands-with-lif...

for example. But then The North Face is on there, and I'd never heard that offered a lifetime warranty (my jacket lost its waterproofness and needed replacing), and they also only give 1 year warranty on several items (half the statutory warranty in the EU).

IIRC Dr.Martens limit their free repairs to a particular sub group of their boots?

Could you give examples of companies with lifetime warranties that you consider successful examples of capitalism? I'd guess to qualify they'd at a minimum have public share ownership.

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Re:A historian unpacks the origins of our plastic addiction by cr1895 on Saturday June 22, 2019 @06:50AM (#20248965)

You're putting a lot of strange qualifications on whether you consider a company to be a capitalist entity. Why must it be publicly traded? Why must "rich owners" profit to the optimum extent (and how do you quantify that)?

I don't agree with your criteria. And asking for "lifetime" warranties is not what you originally claimed.

But, looking around at some of the "highly durable" objects I have that were made by profit-seeking companies:

- books

- furniture (Møller teak chairs from the 60s)

- All-Clad pans, Le Creuset enamel dutch oven

- Wüsthof chef's knife

- Barbour waxed cotton jacket

- Iron Heart denim

- Good, repairable shoes (Crockett & Jones, Oakstreet Bootmakers)

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