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2014-02-10

Daily Telegraph: "John Timpson: We need steady rain to flush out today's toxic throwaway culture"


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"For years, I have been telling anyone who will listen that our throwaway culture is becoming toxic. Young people buy cheap clothes from Primark that they toss out a few weeks later. People don’t seem to mend things any more.

Yet recently, a government adviser recommended that we repair stuff, particularly household appliances, rather than throwing them away. As a leading businessman in the mending business, how can we encourage consumers do 'fix up and cherish’ rather than 'bin and buy new’?

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