Many of us may not think twice about throwing away old gadgets and buying new ones. It's one thing to talk about Zero Waste and reusing, reducing and recycling, but are we wishing for something that cannot happen in a wired, wealthy city where no one has time to repair a faulty TV or smartphone? Lin Suling dives into the issue of consumer culture with Lim Sun Sun, Nominated Member of Parliament and Professor at SUTD, Hannah Chang, Associate Professor of Marketing at SMU, and Pek Hai Lin, Manager of Zero Waste SG.

<p>Many of us may not think twice about throwing away old gadgets and buying new ones. It's one thing to talk about Zero Waste and reusing, reducing and recycling, but are we wishing for something that cannot happen in a wired, wealthy city where no one has time to repair a faulty TV or smartphone? Lin Suling dives into the issue of consumer culture with Lim Sun Sun, Nominated Member of Parliament and Professor at SUTD, Hannah Chang, Associate Professor of Marketing at SMU, and Pek Hai Lin, Manager of Zero Waste SG.</p>

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Repairing and recycling to reduce e-waste: A pipe dream in Singapore?

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