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IMO the only reason we do not have a culture of repairing is because we subsidize the waste processing stream and thus we only see lower upfront costs. If I ha
by maerF0x0 10y ago
IMO the only reason we do not have a culture of repairing is because we subsidize the waste processing stream and thus we only see lower upfront costs.
If I had to pay an extra $25 disposal fee upfront on a microwave, maybe I'd be incentivized to buy a quality item or maybe repair it in the first place.
As well, repairing/reusing is a function of average cost of a worker. If a repair man has a fully loaded cost of $50 an hour, then you're not going to see many repairs happen. If its $5 an hour then you might see more. Expensive labor leads to all kinds of seemingly insane behavior.