From phones to exercise bikes, the market for second-hand kit is booming as shoppers search for bargains.
However, Ms Vesey believes it's a problem with a simple solution.
In 2014, Matt Gale established UK Gym Equipment with the sole aim of refurbishing commercial exercise machines. "The linear economy has been the dominant way since the industrial revolution," says Joe Isles, circle of design programme lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. "Most of the materials we use we lose - after just one relatively short usage period. The economic loss of relinquishing all that, letting it end up in landfill, is eye-watering."Vodafone has recently launched a refurbished phone range, offering a two-year warranty on every pay-monthly refurbished phone.
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