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Nowadays, people prefer buying new items rather than repairing the damaged ones. What are the causes of this change ? what are its effects?

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It is noticeable that people tend not to have broken items repaired and they would prefer to buy new things
instead
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. The causes for
such
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behavior
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 could be
due to
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 the availability of different products and the reduction in
price
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the price
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 of goods, making it more appealing to replace damaged things
instead
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 of having them fixed. Convenient as it may seem,
this
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 trend will have
negative
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 impact on the environment, as it creates more
trashes
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 when people keep discarding unwanted possessions. Nowadays, various companies are competing with each other by
offereing
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offering
 different designs and adding more functions
into
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 their products continuously .
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, Apple launches new devices every year, nudging iFan to keep buying
brand new
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 phones.
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, people are fed with the idea of owning new things, and fixing the broken ones eventually becomes unfashionable.
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, with the advances in technology, manufacturing
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has
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 been reduced significantly, especially for items in
fashion
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the fashion
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 category or
housewhold
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household
 appliances.
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 has reduced the prices of buying brand new to the point that repairing services may seem more expensive. To illustrate,
a
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the
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 price for an unboxed microwave oven would be around 10 to 15 US Dollars,
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 the fee charged for having an oven repaired could easily reach 20 US Dollars.
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, it would discourage owners from employing the repair services. One of the most prominent disadvantages the buying new mindset may bring is that the environment will be negatively affected. More
trashes mean
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 more unfavourable materials containing nylon, plastic, and toxic chemical substances are being released into nature, polluting our soils, water and air. The great burden of trash handling will exhaust our environmental resources and will exacerbate the current situation of climate change. In conclusion, consumers are tempted by the low price and the wide availability of different
products
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product
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 types, making them more likely to buy brand news when the old ones are unusable. If the trend continues, the environment
willd
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will
 be
severly
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severely
 affected.

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task achievement
The essay provides a complete and well-rounded response to both parts of the task.
coherence
The introduction and conclusion are clear and concise, framing the topic and the essay's main points effectively.

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    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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