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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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People Fixing The World: The reuse and refill revolution

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The Reuse and Refill Revolution

The reuse and refill revolution

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, The reuse and refill revolution

Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?

One idea is to take used containers back to the supermarkets where, in the future, giant vending machines could refill them.
But the scale of the challenge is huge and getting consumers to change their shopping habits will be hard. 

Presenter: Tom Colls
Producer: Nick Holland

(Photo: A man refilling a plastic container. Credit: BBC)

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