Events like this, creating a large amount of non-recyclable waste, don't happen very often but for this particular one there doesn't seem to be a solution. It can't be mended. Landfill seems the only option at the moment.
I have organised myself a little mending corner in the bedroom. The sewing machine is open and ready to go. There is a box of sewing threads of every conceivable colour. And suddenly there's a constant stream of things needing to be fixed. One of the unsolved problems of the Challenge so far is where all the mending comes from and where it used to be: suddenly every pair of the childrens' socks seems to be coming into holes; jumpers are getting torn; shopping bag handles are coming off. I don't remember this constant stream of mending work before. But I do enjoy that glow of smug satisfaction when I take a few minutes to get something sorted and put back into the laundry stream.
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