In our throwaway culture, binning a broken object and buying a replacement is often the easiest, and cheapest, solution. But the take-make-waste economy has serious costs – for the environment and for society.
So, what would the alternative look like? We visit a repair café in Graz, Austria, to understand what it means to give an item a new lease of life, and why it often pays to repair rather than simply recycle.
Featuring: Andreas Höfler, Heimo Hartlieb
Produced by Mariano Trevino, narrated by Karl Dickinson.
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For more information about the Repair Café Graz – and dates and locations of upcoming events, head over to their website (in German).
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