Repairable
Built-in-obsolescence is a big problem. Products are deliberately designed to have a limited life and to be unrepairable when they start to fail. That’s been good for manufacturers, who get to sell more stuff, but it’s catastrophic for the environment and expensive for customers. For example, of the 50 million metric tons of electronic waste generated annually, less than 20% is recycled and $57 billion in precious metals and raw materials are lost. The right-to-repair legislation in Europe and the UK is a great step forward and now needs to go global. Make it, break it, take it, repair it.
— Wayne Visser
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