"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 13:26:53 on Sun, 7 Sep
2014, tim..... remarked:

never disposes of material things until they have worn out

...

It's the list of things that I do that the press regularly complains that
people don't do that wastes energy

How strictly is "dispose of" correlated with "throw away"?

I was just making the point that I don't:

wear something once and never again

or replace electrical goods because they aren't the latest colour,

or even because they don't have the most recent number on the front

It's also possible to sell things, freecycle/eBay/Gumtree, give to
friends/relatives/neighbours/Oxfam and so on.

I know, but that isn't always a useful disposal, and if the person who buys
it is only going to wear it once and than they throw it away, it hasn't
solved the problem


Does a PC that'll only run Windows XP now qualify as "worn out",

I don't know.

I've never got a PC to last longer than about 4 years without "blowing up"
in some way.

tim