Toys are a good place to start ... In a Burkinabe home living on $45/month per adult, the favorite toy is a broken plastic doll. In a Haitian home living on $39/month per adult, the favorite ...

or even toys, plastic welding offers a durable and long-lasting solution. Discover how easy it is to use a plastic welding tool to seamlessly bond broken pieces and make them as good as new.

But [Matthias Wandel] may be on to something. Here he’s using nichrome wire to reinforce the broken plastic part. The repair process is demonstrated in full in the video after the break.

The plastic toys are incredibly durable ... The researchers examined the extent to which the bricks had broken down, weighing them and measuring them to determine how much mass each brick had ...

— By Plasteurope.com correspondent — The UK and Ireland arm of fast-food giant McDonald’s is considering re-introducing ...

GOT a stash of old and broken stuff ready to take to the tip? Look closely before it goes, as sometimes there’s an easy fix that could extend its life so you don’t have to pay to replace it. It ...