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What happens when I'm done with this?

What happens when I'm done with this?

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What happens when I'm done with this?

- One of the questions we should think about right at the time that we buy a product is what's going to happen when we're done with them? Some products, you can actually repair. And the ability to repair them makes them more valuable upfront, and we should be willing to spend more money on it. Because it means we'll be able to use them for a longer period of time. Other times, there are products that we can recycle. Obviously, that means we're going to have less of an impact on the environment, so there's a social and an environmental benefit to buying a product that can be easily recycled. And then there are products, that when they wear out, we just have to dispose of them. But in some cases, those products might contain hazardous materials. Thinking about things like batteries, for example. So at the time that you buy it, you should be thinking about how you're going to dispose of it when it wears out because that…

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