Repairing and reusing household goods

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... could create thousands of green jobs across the UK. Well, who'd have thought it?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... oss-the-uk is effectively stating the bleedin' obvious, but it's welcome publicity anyway.

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The UK creates thousands of tonnes of unnecessary waste each year, some of which is still exported, because of a failure to value resources and invest in the infrastructure needed to re-purpose manufactured goods.
The Green Alliance thinktank found that prioritising the repair and reuse of manufactured goods instead could create more than 450,000 jobs in the next 15 years, many of them in areas where traditional manufacturing has declined.

and so on.
I don't really understand how people don't know or can't (won't) see this anyway. I guess they are seduced by the apparently low initial cost of "stuff" and maybe have been brought up to throw away and buy new (again) rather than try to accept the higher price of better quality equipment - or even clothes - that would hopefully last better and be repairable too.
Having said that, I have just thrown away a Russell Hobbs jug kettle on which the spout had fallen off - and the replacement filter for inside the spout was £14 or something equally ridiculous.
We really do need to change the world's mindset, especially when you read other stuff like https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... m-collapse (Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse) which would be absolutely catastrophic if it happened.
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[nowty]

The Gulf Stream thing is only a small part of the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/c ... s/amoc.pdf

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I don't really understand how people don't know or can't (won't) see this anyway. I guess they are seduced by the apparently low initial cost of "stuff" and maybe have been brought up to throw away and buy new (again) rather than try to accept the higher price of better quality equipment - or even clothes - that would hopefully last better and be repairable too.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... m-collapse (Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse) which would be absolutely catastrophic if it happened.
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I've had this conversation countless times over the years with customers who need a new boiler or kitchen or whatever, a large majority of whom plump for the cheaper option to get the job done in one way or another. The price differential between cheapy and decent quality gear can be quite large which is difficult to ignore.

Regarding the AMOC instability it may be prudent to gird ones loins for the forthcoming IPCC report due out in part on Monday I believe, it will be a scary read.

rest dear p