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”.