The story of stuff

Summary

It´s a story of the "life cycle" of consumer products by Annie Leonard.
Basically the process is :

 It purports to expose "the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world."
Leonard's says, "you cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely" is supported throughout the video.
Extraction
- we are running out of resources - in the last decade, 1/3 of the world's resource base has been consumed.
- many chemicals employed, most untested
- pollution - they emit more than 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals a year.
The erosion of local environments and economies leaves people with no other economic option... but to work (and live) in toxic environments
Sell as quickly as possible, keep prices down
It's all about externalizing the cost - keep wages down, skimp on health insurance

Production
Distribution
Consumption
Annie explained that only 1% of the products we buy are still in use six months after their sale in North America. This leaves the other 99% of our stuff that is declared as waste after six months. The amount of products that a person consumes has doubled over the past 50 years
Disposal
 In the U.S. the average person produces 4.5 pounds of waste each day. Our trash is either dumped in the ground or first burned and the remainder is dumped in the ground. Both of these create tons of pollution.

 Annie points to a new future and way of consumerism. Like  sustainability, green chemistry, and renewable energy.