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EDITORIAL: Time to opt out of ‘throw-away society’

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Anyone who has ever had to make a dollar stretch farther than they thought possible understands the value of a well-made product.

I remember when my daughter was a baby and we were living as a family of three on an income of about $1,000 a month in Portland, in the early ‘oughts. Our rent for a one-bedroom apartment was $650 a month, so you do the math. If it weren’t for breastfeeding and using cloth diapers, I’m not sure how we would have been (barely) able to afford food or utilities.

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