In this modernised era, the issue of people throwing away damaged items directly rather than repairing them has generated heated debate in the society and among the academic circles. What are the reasons for the occurrence of this phenomenon and what are the impacts of this shift in attitudes?
There are multifarious consequences for this alteration. To start with, people nowadays can get different kinds of goods and products in the globe. For example, one may get rid of the damaged shoes immediately instead of repairing because there are many different shoes, varies from materials, colours and types. Therefore, the damaged item could be easily substituted by other accessible products. Moreover, repairing cost are often substantial, resulting in people get rid of damaged products directly instead of repairing them. Last but not least, the damaged products may be old-fashioned and out-of-date, in this case people may not repair it.
One of the most significant impacts of this change in attitude is that the number of repair stores around the world will inevitably shrink as the demand for repairing things falls. Moreover, consistently throwing away items will create more and more rubbish, which will raise environmental concerns and may threaten our planet. This change is likely to generate more negative impacts rather than the positives.
To conclude, there are various reasons for this change to occur, including a surge in accessible products and high repairing costs. The impacts of this change in attitude are a decrease in repair shops and raising environmental issues.