These days many of us prefer to throw damaged things away, whereas in the past people used to repair damaged items and keep them for a long time. Explain why you think this change has happened. What are the effects of this change in attitude?

My mother's generation had many skills that young people lack today.In the past people could mend clothes

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sew on buttons & fix a broken tap

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but

this

is not true of current generations who tend to replace rather than repair.

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essay will discuss why these changes have

occured

come to pass

occurred

and what effects

this

is having. Today

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fasion

how something is done or how it happens

fashion

changes quickly, but in the past it changed slowly.Clothing and furnitures

for

example would

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example, would

last

for many years

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even generations.

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these days with pervasive advertising and communication via social media

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information about new items travels quickly and we tend to throw out the old to buy the new.Another reason that

fasions

how something is done or how it happens

fashions

change

is that manufacturers are motivated to make goods that don't

last

very long.

For

example cars

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example, cars

today are built to

last

5 to 10 years, whereas in the past cars would

last

much longer. By having early obsolescence manufacturers can sell more goods.

This

change

in attitude has

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the public and is damaging our environment. We have lost both the skills and the will to maintain our possessions. Another

change

is that we now create more negative environmental impact because many of the goods we buy and throw out are not biodegradable. We have become a generation of consumers and we are damaging the environment.

This

is a huge

change

from the past. In conclusion, today with him to buy a new

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rather than repair older possessions. In the process most of us have lost the skills and the desire to repair older items and a

further

consequence is that we are damaging our environment due to excess waste products.