PSS: Milk Refill Stations

Fresh milk vending machines are available in many parts of the world:

Milk refill stations were around in German supermarkets since the 1980s.

In India villagers go to the token milk station with their stainless steel buckets for their morning's milk supply, such as this one from Mother Dairy.

The Italian vending machine manufacturer Prometea SrL has their products all over Europe.

Plenty of videos of these milk vending machines in use can be found here.

Article: Shoppers' green fatigue vs in-store refilling

Read why in-store refilling is not well received by supermarket shoppers. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/shoppers-green-fatigue-hits-refill-revolution-2198462.html

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Competition: Design for Product Lifetime

All UNSW IDES students are encouraged to participate in the Core77 Student Challenge: Design for Product Lifetime

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Video: Affluenza

Publisher's description: Through revealing personal stories, expert commentary, hilarious old film clips, dramatized vignettes, and “anti-commercial” breaks, Affluenza examines the high cost of achieving the most extravagant lifestyle the world has ever seen. Last year, Americans, who make up only five percent of the world’s population, used nearly a third of its resources and produced almost half of its hazardous waste. Add overwork, personal stress, the erosion of family and community, skyrocketing debt, and the growing gap between rich and poor, and it’s easy to understand why some people say that the American Dream is no bargain. Many are opting out of the consumer chase, redefining the Dream, and making “voluntary simplicity” one of the top 10 trends of the ’90s. Affluenza is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption.

©1998 Bullfrog Films. 56 min.

http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/show/show.html