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Ecology: repair or prepare yourself, a more economical solution?
Clothes, cell phones or electronic devices can be damaged or broken. Rather than buying new, should you prepare your meals and repair your equipment alone or entrust the task to professionals?
(France 2)
Clothes, cell phones or electronic devices can be damaged or broken. Rather than buying new, should you prepare your meals and repair your equipment alone or entrust the task to professionals?
When an item breaks, it can be tempting to buy the same thing new. But this approach can be expensive and polluting. Many French people therefore prefer to get their hands dirty in order to repair their possessions themselves. In order to find out if it costs less, France Télévisions carried out the investigation. To change the screen of a smartphone, you have to spend 24 euros for a kit compared to 100 euros for it to be repaired in a store. Same observation for the zipper of jeans, which costs less, 10 euros compared to 28 euros in a haberdashery, provided you have a sewing machine. For electronic devices, only an expert can repair it.
Prepare delicious homemade meals
Preparing your own meals, is it good for our wallet? According to journalist Dorothée Lachaud, present on the 13 Heures set, it is possible to save 20 euros on groceries by cooking your own meals instead of buying ready-made. To prove it, she prepared hummus, pasta with ham and Emmental cheese and compote. “For chickpeas, it’s 2 euros 60 for 500 grams. You add what you already have in your cupboards: a few spoons of olive oil, salt and pepper, and that’s it. And as a bonus, It costs ten euros less!”
