Excellent post Bambi! You could have used almost any other product to make the point. Shoes, for example:
http://www1.american.edu/ted/nike.htm
This and other problems simply can't be solved within the current system because they are built into the system - that is what the system produces. Just as socialism always evolves towards political favoritism and dictatorship, capitalism has also evolved towards mindless race for profit, with complete disregard for human life and nature (not to mention inequality, 99% vs. 1%)
The only solution, as I see it, is to abolish all "isms" and move into moneyless post-scarcity society - resource based economy (RBE), where all decisions are made by algorithms (bypassing "human greed" factor, once and for all) and are based on availability (or lack) of resources or in another words - common sense.