A year or so ago, my daughter’s toaster oven broke. My son-in-law was adamant that it should be repaired, and so began a fruitless search for someone who could fix it. Everyone’s advice was, “Just buy a new one. It will be cheaper!”
We have all had this experience. Mostly we cave in and click on Amazon. It is only when we are confronted with the grim statistics of how much trash we produce that we start to question the way we deal with our waste.
According to the Global Waste Index in 2025, each American generates more the 2,000 pounds of trash each year. We soothe our guilty consciences by convincing ourselves that recycling will take care of the problem. However recycling is not enough. More…
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