Away with 'Throwaway Culture' in Renovation Programs?: "Reusable Materials Too Often End up in the Garbage"

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In renovation programs on TV, materials that are perfectly reusable too often end up in the trash. This is complained by Katrien Devos, PhD student of building physics at Ghent University. Because sponsored alternatives are often used, such programs do not set a good example for the do-it-yourselfer at home, according to her.