Just to cheer you up a little; a little but of hope as you survey the global mountain of e-waste.... a student at De Montfort has designed a kettle that can be easily repaired - a simple but effective reinforcement of the 'right to repair'... more of this sort of innovation is what we need not more AI-bots!

#technology #repair

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/09/uk-student-invents-repairable-kettle-that-anyone-can-fix

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Across the world the right to repair is gaining traction... in the UK Jay Blades & his colleagues on The Repair Shop have pushed repairing into the mainstream.

This has been going on for some time, including cycle repair Co-ops, repair clinics etc. Every now & then it pops up in the mainstream media... and here is this week's iteration.

Repairing is the future, but the Tech firms don't want us to embrace it - resist!

#repair #recycle #green

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/16/the-great-diy-revival-meet-the-people-wholl-try-to-fix-anything

Some pics from our Repair Café yesterday in Coventry Central Library.

We had more visitors than usual and had to start telling people they might have to wait a long time only 45mins into our 3 hour session as we already had a big queue by then.

We repaired 30 items including a coffee machine, a china ornament, a jacket zip, 2 radios, an electronic toy, a hedge trimmer, a sewing machine and a pair of boots.

#RepairCafe #Repair #Sustainability

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If you've ever been frustrated about the high price of a repair, or software making your product obsolete, then help share Right To Repair Europe's video ⬇️

https://youtu.be/t1vsej9COk8
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=t1vsej9COk8

And if you're in the EU, don't forget to write European policymakers *now* asking for their support!

https://repair.eu/news/_repair-for-everyone-the-time-is-now/

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🪛 The Tech Industry Has a New Plan to Stop Proliferation of Right to Repair Laws

https://www.404media.co/the-tech-industry-has-a-new-plan-to-stop-right-to-repair-laws/

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