As reported by Brett Arends in The Wall Street Journal, this all too familiar habit of buying high and selling low has its origins in human evolution.

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Involving gardeners in a state-of-the-art library is not an obvious step but Dutch architect Patrick Arends said it had become a key element, despite not being part of the initial brief.

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But Arends does delve into an important issue: no growth in revenue as the volume of actual trash disposed of has declined in the U.S. Manufacturers are using less packaging, consumers are re-using grocery bags, and little-by-little that overwhelming urge to reduce, re-use, recycle has gone from social movement to second nature for a lot of people.

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