Time to say goodbye to the throwaway society

Good evening,

If you, like me, spent the weekend having a bit of a clearout, you will likely have found interesting objects and clothes you haven’t seen for years...or even decades.
While the local charity shops will be benefiting from the latest root under beds, wardrobes and backs of cupboards, there is a serious lesson to be learned about our relationship with ‘stuff.’
Many of us will have gadgets in our kitchens we no longer use. In fact, some of them will have been used once and put away, never to see the light of day.
And it seems that in lockdown, many of us splashed out on items which just a few months later, we no longer use.
Hot tubs, gym equipment and pizza ovens are among the things we bought in the summer of 2020 and now regret buying.
If the last couple of years and the COP26 conference have taught us anything, it should be to buy only what we need; buy the best quality we can afford at the time and try to make it last. And of course, recycle stuff we no longer need or want.
Time to say goodbye to the throwaway society once and for all.