One of my poor re-usable grocery bags gave-way at the handle after a heavy load of produce on my way home from the grocery store. Luckily the event wasn't terribly dramatic and I was able to save my groceries from spilling all over the sidewalk. But it reminded me of one of my favorites films, Life Cycles, and how everything that is made will wear-out and break eventually because such is the nature of tangible things.
Even if we try our best to take care of our things, they do break. But, before we send these things to the big landfill in the sky, we should try our best to have it repaired, re-purposed or recycled.
Today's post is about the former of the three -repair! I was able to patch and repair my cloth grocery bag and even reinforced the rest of the stitching of the bag while I was at it! While it isn't possible to repair everything that is broken, my goal for the rest of the year is to try my best to fix things, or have them repaired, before getting something new to replace it with. This applies for shoes, clothes, electronics, household appliances, bicycles etc!
I think that along with trying to take better care of my things, this will help to reduce my demand for goods and reduce my waste!
What do you think?
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