The conveyor belts seem unstoppable, rolling out much that's unwanted before it's sold. Add what's handed down, and every home is a future landfill. Repair rules and longer product life slow the pile-up, but never touch the overproduction of a one-way economy. To make enough enough, it must be a binding limit before it's a lifestyle choice.

→ The resale industry is growing on all the stuff that comes back by putting it back on the market.

→ Buy-nothing groups and anti-haul videos have turned buying less into a movement.

→ Estate sales are overwhelmed and secondhand platforms are flooded with what nobody wants.

→ Economists now argue that prosperity should come from care and teaching rather than the consumption of goods.