We don't go out and buy new whenever there's newly released and shiney. We wait till it's worn out and broken to replace it. We have an old saying in our home " Use up the old before using the new" which has stuck quite well. We also reuse old grocery bags and old plastic containers that arn't a loss cause because they are quite handy. However I do know that not everyone is like my family because even at my earliest memories of holidays and birthdays we do save wrapping paper that was used if it's still good.

There are people who doesn't wait till the one they have breaks down before breaking down and buying brand-new. They'd rather buy the new 'shineys' than keeping what works till it doesn't. Materialism at best... I'm not surprised that this would be true because there are alot of these sorts out there rather than the ones who use, reuse, still use and repair to be used what's broken.