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The secret to making your stuff last longer
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away.
The world generates more than two billion tonnes of rubbish every year. So we鈥檙e visiting companies in Sweden that want to make it easier to mend things when they break instead of replacing them 鈥� whether that鈥檚 clothes, bikes or washing machines.
We also hear about the country鈥檚 tax breaks designed to give people a financial incentive to repair more.
Produced and presented by Maddy Savage
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