Sentence:  One way is to legislate extended warranties on products, so washing machines and refrigerators last for 30 years instead of 10. Another is to ban planned <WSD>obsolescence</WSD>, so manufacturers can't create products that are designed to fail. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.