After carefully watching the documentary Comprar, tirar, comprar:

Make a project including the following elements:

1. Explain the meaning of the expression "designed to fail" with the examples of light bulbs and printers.

2. In the documentary, what other products are manufactured to last not as long as possible? 

3. Explain what the expression "planned obsolescence" means. Who invented it? What economic situation was planned obsolescence trying to solve? Was it applied?

4. Present two current examples of the buy > throw away > buy again cycle:

   1. Cheap clothes and apps like Vinted. Explain why Vinted can increase our unnecesary consumption of clothes.

   2. New mobile phone models that come out every year and applications like Wallapop. Explain how Wallapop makes it easy to buy a new model when the one we already have still works fine.

5. Who are responsible? Who benefits from planned obsolescence?

   1. The engineers and designers of the products?

   2. The owners of the companies that sell the products?

   3. The workers of those companies?

   4. The buyers of those products?

6. Do we buy out of necessity or do we buy just for the pleasure of buying and using something for the first time? Shopping malls are places of leisure. We spend a lot of time there. Sale seasions and 3x2 opportunities are two strategies designed for making consumers buy more than they need.

7. What and who are harmed by planned obsolescence and the endless loop of buy > throw away > buy again? Mines and waste dumps show us that the resources to make new products are limited and that we degrade the environment with what we throw away.

8. What can we, the consumers, do? Explain the 3 Rs. Give examples where each one is applied.

   1. What can students do? Check the page aulas sostenibles.

9. Advances in the fight against planned obsolescence: LED light bulbs, USB-C connectors, recent laws that establish mandatory warranties and availability of replacement parts for devices, a minimum number of years of software updates for mobile phones, etc.

You may include images of all elements marked in bold to illustrate your project.