Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?
محرر واقع مصر
الجارديان - بيئة
23 أغسطس, 2026
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers whether there is sufficient global physical capacity for all our discarded and worn-out purchases
• This week’s question: If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?
If consumer capitalism continues at its current rate, will we reach a point at which there is literally no space left on Earth for all the stuff that has been created? Alex Robinson, Alnwick, Northumberland
Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com.
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