Mr. Kumayl Mustafa:

I would like to cover the idea behind material waste and how we can reduce it, as well as just being a good person in a bad system. I will be nihilistic here. I do not know if we can change human behaviour. That is something that is, quite frankly, very difficult to do. However, we can educate consumers on what they are buying, which is one of the most necessary things that we have to do. We can also make it easier for them to take other opportunities. For example, when I walk into my local store to do my grocery shopping every week, I should not have to pick up vegetables that are covered in two or three layers of plastic. I should be able to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables without it being almost impossible to get past the environmental impact of that.

Senator Higgins brought up the right to repair. When I spend €1,000 on a new phone I should have the right to be able to replace the battery, should it start to deteriorate. If the screen cracks slightly, I should be able to find replacements easily and not have to go to a specific store and shell out another €200 or €300 just to get it fixed. Those are the key points. We, as consumers, need to be educated and given the opportunities to be better people, while the corporations are stopped from taking measures that are anti-consumerist, etc.