Right to Repair needed urgently to prevent growing quantities of electronic waste
Europeans were the largest per capita producers of electronic waste in 2019. Meanwhile recycling is struggling to keep up a new UN study shows.
Europeans were the largest per capita producers of electronic waste in 2019. Meanwhile recycling is struggling to keep up a new UN study shows.
In the past few months, there’s been quite a lot of developments regarding repair at European level. But Brussels isn’t where it’s all happening – quite the opposite!
Today marks a set back for the Right to Repair movement. Henrik Huseby, a Norwegian small business owner and repairer lost his legal battle against $1 trillion company Apple in Norway’s Supreme Court.
We use them every day but from extraction to manufacturing, use and disposal, our electronics leave a considerable footprint on the planet.
Repair is essential to our society, and repairers play a crucial role, now more than ever. Yet, in many countries they’re not considered «essential».