This document provides guidelines for reducing product waste by making products more durable and customizable so that people dispose of them less frequently. It suggests establishing emotional attachment to products through pride of ownership and brand faithfulness. It also recommends designing products with contemporary yet ageless aesthetics using sustainable materials, offering lifetime warranties, and making products that can be expanded or have parts replaced to increase longevity. Educating consumers about sustainability and the environmental impacts of frequent disposal is also discussed.

1. Methods to increase sustainability by reducing the rate of product disposal
How to make people dispose of products less and stick to the ones they are using a.k.a how to put most IDers out of a job and bankrupt companies
Guidelines for reducing the amount of product wastage
Wenhong Neoh - Theoretical Framework
Customizability/Methods of Customization
replace old parts with new ones made from
recycled old parts
establish attachment
Instill a sense of attachment with product
Emotional attachment
Pride of ownership
Brand faithfulness
Design Aesthetics
Contemporary yet ageless aesthetics
Classic looks that never die
Durability
high quality sustainable materials
high quality manufacturing techniques
lifetime warranties by companies
Company policy and strategic planning
build products with expandable capabilities for
future add-ons
incentives for product recycling or replacement
Culture
culture of recycling products
culture of sustainability
culture of non-capitalism
Role of Industrial Designers
Education
educate people on the sorry state of the earth
education by the government, the companies
& the designers on using the product sustain-
ably