Progress on EU legislation on smartphone repair proves effective in pushing manufacturers towards repair, but Apple is far from giving us the universal right to repair we need. 

Despite soaring living costs and years of citizen calls for repairable electronics, the proposal for right to repair was once more delayed and left out of this Circular Economy package.

EU national experts are set to rubberstamp faulty ‘right to repair’ rules for smartphones and tablets in a meeting taking place on Thursday in Brussels. 
Right to Repair coalition will stage a protest in front of the building where experts meet.

Short-lived electronics are flooding the EU market. These gadgets are costing us money, are harmful for the environment, and yet are still manufactured with built-in death dates.

This regulation has the potential to slow the avalanche of electronic waste that has been caused by hard to repair devices. However, the overall climate ambition of the measures is inconsistent with European climate targets and manufacturers will still be able to put barriers to repairs.