Londoners threw away £1.8 billion worth of items last year that could have been repaired

New polling by Censuswide for last months Repair Week has found that on average Londoners threw away an estimated £258 of stuff they think could have been repaired in the last year. That’s an estimated £1.8 billion worth of repairable items binned by Londoners in the last year alone. With an estimated 25 million items of textiles, 10 million bikes, 19 million electrical items, 16 million items of furniture and 14 million bathroom fixtures or fittings** in need of repair in London homes, there are some massive savings to be…

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