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World Service,23 Apr 2019,23 mins

The reuse and refill revolution

People Fixing The World

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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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