Mending Our Disposable Culture

Mending Our Disposable Culture

Why volunteers are fixing other people’s stuff free of charge

Volunteers around the world regularly get together to fix other people’s broken stuff free of charge. Reporter Nick Holland visits an event called a Repair Café in the Netherlands and links up with a team running a similar workshop in India. He asks what difference this 'make do and mend’ movement can make to our disposable culture

Photo Caption: Repairing a radio with a soldering iron Photo Credit: BBC