> And people throw out things instead of repairing them because they don't know how. Part of it is the materials used now, though - many things get thrown out

> And people throw out things instead of repairing them because they don't know how. Part of it is the materials used now, though - many things get thrown out because the plastic bodyshell got old and brittle, and broke. (Plastic is particularly difficult to repair because the break usually presents very little surface area for glueing.)