These days many 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?

People

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The people

of the present generation have been increasingly throwing things away. They believe in the concept of replacement rather than repair of the same items which were mended and used for a longer period in the past.

This

essay will discuss the reason for

this

trend and their consequences. One of the main

reason

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reasons

for

this

change is the pace at which newer products are introduced in the market. Companies nowadays are introducing new items at a faster pace to keep up with the competition in the market.

For example

, a recent study showed that individuals changing their cell phones every six months have increased by 20% owing to

introduction

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the introduction

of newer technology each passing day. Another important cause attributed to

this

trend is newer items generate more attention amongst peers.

For instance

, having a latest model of

I

of me or myself

my

phone is often considered as

sign

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a sign

of superiority amongst the youth. These changes have not just discouraged people from learning new skills to

repair but

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repair, but

has

also

created an atmosphere which often causes financial pressure on them to maintain their status. Public nowadays throw away clothes very frequently if there is a small cut which could be

sewed

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sewn

easily in the earlier times, is a classic example.

Moreover

, buying new goods to maintain social status leads to wastage of hard earned

money which

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money, which

can sometimes

disturbs

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disturb

the balance to maintain daily expenses

like, replacing

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, like replacing

an old car with a new one when it is working fine.

This

is a huge change from the past. In conclusion, today we tend to replace rather than mend as we did in the past. The primary causes being

faster introduction

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a faster introduction

of

newer

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new

items and to maintain social

status but

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status, but

this

change in attitude has reduced our abilities to learn skills and save our money.