Right to Repair Europe

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Let’s dive into how we can make sustainability more than just a trend—starting with what we already own. 💪 ✅ Choosing refurbished products helps keep items in use longer ✅ Refurbished goods are becoming more widely available ✅ We need a more sustainable product system Now, what we’re still wondering is... 🤔Can we make sustainability truly work when it comes to refurbished products? 🤔How do we track who did the repairs and ensure quality? 🤔And how does this market really operate? Hear from Ugo Vallauri Co-director, The Restart Project during our #StartTalking as he breaks down these questions and shows how people can repair their broken electronics and rethink how they consume! Don’t miss it! Click 'attending' 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyYX6M3c 🗓️ Date: 31/10 at 3PM CET

È stata un'edizione splendida della Giornata Internazionale della Riparazione #RepairDay, celebrata con oltre 2000 eventi in 41 paesi, molto interesse e copertura mediatica per i nostri studi che segnalano la lentezza dei legislatori nell'affrontare il tema del diritto alla riparazione, e le opportunità per accelerare l'affermarsi di una vera economia circolare. Dobbiamo mettere le persone e il pianeta al centro attraverso incentivi alla riparazione e al riuso. I festeggiamenti per il #RepairDay si chiudono giovedì 24 ottobre, quando parteciperò a un incontro sulla Direttiva Europea per il Diritto alla Riparazione promosso da Confartigianato Imprese Cuneo https://lnkd.in/e8yeEQW2

Tomorrow it's #RepairDay, and it's amazing to see so much happening across the world, from France to the Philippines, from Argentina to New Zealand, from Kenya to the UK and Italy. Today I want to highlight a report we've just released at The Restart Project with partners Repair Cafe Foundation, anstiftung and Fixit Clinic to celebrate over *200,000 repair attempts* of electrical and electronic products logged by groups around the world. 💡 Here are some key insights from the report: ❗ For 96% of all products we see at repair events, there's no #RightToRepair in sight. Yep, you've heard that the EU and some US states approved legislation. Sure, but it covers very, very few product categories. It's essential we change pace if we want to really reduce e-waste. 🔝 The most commonly seen products at repair events are...vacuum cleaners. The EU communicated that they'll be covered by the new Directive on R2R. We fact-checked this, and...it's sadly not true. Not yet true. Negotiations on repairability criteria for these products are still ongoing. Meanwhile: e-waste keeps growing and growing 📈 People like to repair their broken things, and keep them in use for much longer than you think: average age of sewing machines we see at repair events is 26 years, food processors are 13, hair dryers 10...SO parts and support need to be available for *a long time* 💰 Money, money, money: given the millions of devices that people try to repair, we need to incentivise repair of existing products, including with repair funds allowing for the scaling of the benefits of community repair in the repair economy. We also found that expensive spare parts is a key barrier deeming a product end of life. These insights are not rocket science, but the data we share openly is a rare source that legislators and researchers can access freely, as most other sources are either inaccessible or not independent from industry interests. I recommend the full report, here: https://lnkd.in/dVjB3DXR Thanks Anna Negrini for the amazing visuals and layout!

Tomorrow it's #RepairDay, and it's amazing to see so much happening across the world, from France to the Philippines, from Argentina to New Zealand, from Kenya to the UK and Italy. Today I want to highlight a report we've just released at The Restart Project with partners Repair Cafe Foundation, anstiftung and Fixit Clinic to celebrate over *200,000 repair attempts* of electrical and electronic products logged by groups around the world. 💡 Here are some key insights from the report: ❗ For 96% of all products we see at repair events, there's no #RightToRepair in sight. Yep, you've heard that the EU and some US states approved legislation. Sure, but it covers very, very few product categories. It's essential we change pace if we want to really reduce e-waste. 🔝 The most commonly seen products at repair events are...vacuum cleaners. The EU communicated that they'll be covered by the new Directive on R2R. We fact-checked this, and...it's sadly not true. Not yet true. Negotiations on repairability criteria for these products are still ongoing. Meanwhile: e-waste keeps growing and growing 📈 People like to repair their broken things, and keep them in use for much longer than you think: average age of sewing machines we see at repair events is 26 years, food processors are 13, hair dryers 10...SO parts and support need to be available for *a long time* 💰 Money, money, money: given the millions of devices that people try to repair, we need to incentivise repair of existing products, including with repair funds allowing for the scaling of the benefits of community repair in the repair economy. We also found that expensive spare parts is a key barrier deeming a product end of life. These insights are not rocket science, but the data we share openly is a rare source that legislators and researchers can access freely, as most other sources are either inaccessible or not independent from industry interests. I recommend the full report, here: https://lnkd.in/dVjB3DXR Thanks Anna Negrini for the amazing visuals and layout!

(English in the first comment) Ce fut un plaisir de participer au lancement des célébrations nationales de #RepairDay, introduit par une intervention de la Ministre Agnès Pannier-Runacher et organisé par HOP - Halte à l'obsolescence programmée et Make.org. 🇫🇷 La France est pionnière dans le domaine de la #réparation et nous devons faire pression pour que le même engagement en faveur de l'#économie circulaire soit maintenu au niveau de l'UE. Mme Ursula von der Leyen a récemment annoncé un second projet sur l'économie circulaire, confirmant ainsi l'importance du secteur pour l'économie européenne. Cependant, une fois de plus, l'UE prévoit de se concentrer davantage sur les activités de recyclage que sur la réutilisation ou la réparation. Right to Repair Europe estime qu'il est grand temps que les politiques publiques se mettent au diapason du public et de la recherche et donnent la priorité à la prévention des déchets plutôt qu'au recyclage. La réutilisation et la réparation permettent de créer davantage d'emplois tout en consommant moins de ressources et en nécessitant moins d'investissements. Mettre l'accent sur la réutilisation et la réparation constitue une stratégie de politique publique plus rentable. Les décideurs français vont dans la bonne direction. Nous avons besoin qu'ils fassent pression pour obtenir le même niveau d'ambition à Bruxelles également ! La législation UE sur le marché intérieur a la priorité sur la législation nationale, donc un manque d’ambition au niveau EU peut entraîner un recul au niveau national. Opportunités concrètes à ne pas manquer en 2025: - Révision de la directive sur les déchets électriques et électroniques: pour qu'on ne s'occupe plus seulement de leur récolte et gestion mais d’une véritable stratégie de réduction des déchets que nous produisons. Opportunité aussi d'ouvrir le sujet de la responsabilité étendue des producteurs. - Révision de la Directive-cadre relative aux déchets.  - Opportunité pour la France d'ouvrir la voie sur les du prix des pièces détachées. Nous encourageons la France à transposer de façon ambitieuse la directive UE sur le droit à la réparation. Il est nécessaire de formaliser une définition du ‘prix raisonnable’ des pièces détachées, et la recherche montre clairement que le seuil est (bien) au-deçà de 30% du prix du nouveau. Cela devrait aussi être pris en compte dans les indices de réparabilité au niveau UE. #RepairforEveryone #RighttoRepair

I was glad I could attend the Right to Repair Europe webinar hosted by Cristina Ganapini. Yesterday's webinar really touched me, especially when Didier Reynders and Thomas Opsomer from iFixit discussed the positive impact of the right to repair on our rights as consumers. Coincidentally, I've been struggling for 10 days with my Acer Nitro PC, which is in perfect hardware condition. A new SSD has helped a lot, but since the release of Windows 11 it's become increasingly unstable: it would be incompatible; but continues to work perfectly under Windows 10; well functional if I want to do office work. Since AMD's latest driver update for their graphics card, it's no longer recognized by the system. I was planning to keep this computer for at least 10 years, like my previous computers, but now I'm considering buying a new computer just because, software-wise, it's exhausting to spend 3 hours troubleshooting before I can use it. It's frustrating and very annoying to find your hands tied by products you buy, but ultimately have very little ownership over! It's no longer a question of performance, but of deliberate decisions that push us to consume more and more, faster and faster. We could avoid this problem by extending the right to repair to software updates and drivers. Extending the lifespan of our gadgets and reduce our ecological footprint. Why do we continue to adhere to this imposed pattern of consumption? And above all, how can we prevent our devices from ending up prematurely in the garbage can?