Great to be back in the UK Parliament today, pushing for a real and universal #RightToRepair - everyone has had enough of the throwaway economy, let's make it happen!

We're still absolutely buzzing from our parliament event and want to give a special thank you to the 11 MPs who signed the #RepairReuseDeclaration on the day!

In signing, Richard Foord MP Bambos Charalambous Duncan Baker Gerald Jones MP 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 Navendu Mishra Virendra Sharma Joy Morrissey MP Patrick Grady Deidre Brock Sarah Edwards for Tamworth and Baroness Hayman recognise that more needs to be done for us to achieve a real #RighttoRepair in the UK - and done urgently🔧🪛

Now, we need more of this energy! Please reach out to your MP and ask them to endorse: repairreusedeclaration.uk 📷 Photos by MarkAPhillips

An impressive amount of people showed up to our webinar to kick off our investigation into reuse and recycling! ⁠ We've written a handy blog post to tell you more about the what and why of the project and how to get stuck in 🔍 therestartproject.org/beyond-recycli…

It's Global #Degrowth Day🌿 Where do we fit in? ugo vallauri and @blancallen will be giving a talk on the relationship between Right to Repair and degrowth at ESEE-Decrecemento 2024 Pontevedra! Tune in at 2pm BST for the livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=WIJ-iV…

El derecho a reparar es poder extender la vida de nuestros productos Right to Repair Europe destaca que los productos deberían durar más y ser reparables por diseño. Reparar no debería ser más caro que comprar nuevo y piezas de recambio e información deberían ser accesibles para cualquiera

Right to Repair Europe iFixit ugo vallauri emprendedor social de Ashoka, fundador de The Restart Project organiza “restart parties” en los que sus asistentes se enseñan a arreglar productos. Con más de 60.000 dispositivos reparados, pide el ecodiseño de productos y limitar upgrades y versiones a los fabricantes

Right to Repair Europe iFixit ugo vallauri Ashoka The Restart Project Laetitia Vasseur, emprendedora social de Ashoka fundadora de HOP - Halte à l'obsolescence programmée, movimiento de 70,000 consumidores y 30 compañías, contribuyó a que Francia persiga la obsolescencia programada. Habla de “obsolescencia prematura”, con 3 tipos: técnica, por software, y cultural o psicológica

Right to Repair Europe iFixit ugo vallauri Ashoka The Restart Project HOP - Halte à l'obsolescence programmée Gracias a estos “héroes” y su presión sobre legisladores y fabricantes, el derecho a reparar se ha incorporado en la regulación europea y en otras jurisdicciones como California. ¿Es suficiente?

The new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation has the potential to cover nearly all product groups - however we don't yet know to which extent it will address repairability and premature obsolescence: it will depend on secondary legislation we'll be pushing for! 🪛🇪🇺

For example, we'll keep pushing for urgent repairability requirements for ALL ICT products, via "horizontal" criteria, and for a ban on the destruction of unsold electronics. Read our full analysis: repair.eu/news/new-ecode…

We think its time for a student repair revolution... but how are we going to achieve it? We spoke to Restart’s own Pascale and James, and @KerstyHobson from Cardiff University about the #StudentRepairRevolution project, their learnings and hopes for the future of student initiatives🎓🪛

🗓Mercoledì 10 luglio, ore 17.00 174° #nexawednesday “La sfida per un diritto alla riparazione universale” 👉Con ugo vallauri (The Restart Project) ℹ️INFO: nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-174 #dirittoallariparazione #tecnologia #circulareconomy #righttorepair #elettronica #ambiente

🗓️10 luglio, ore 17 174° #nexawednesday “La sfida per un #dirittoallariparazione universale” Con ugo vallauri (The Restart Project) L'evento si concluderà con un brindisi per salutarci in vista della pausa estiva! ℹ️ nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-174 #circulareconomy #righttorepair #elettronica

«I #RifiutiElettronici sono aumentati globalmente dell’80% negli ultimi dieci anni e continuano a crescere a un ritmo vertiginoso. Non solo, la stragrande maggioranza non viene riciclata correttamente.» #UgoVallauri (ugo vallauri), fondatore The Restart Project. #PresaDiretta #RAEE

👂You still haven't heard enough about repair? Fret not, International #RepairDay & our webinar on the state of EU #Righttorepair are coming up. Join the conversation with: 🗣️Commissioner Didier Reynders, EU Justice, EU Environment & our own ugo vallauri, iFixit Europe, & @Lsadent, Germanwatch

🎉 Happy Repair Day everyone! 🎉 ⁠ Today, repairers are gathering to celebrate repair and fight for #RepairforEveryone ✊ ⁠ ⁠ There are over 2000 events happening across the globe - the most we've ever seen! 💥 Let us know what you get up to!

“We’ve loved watching the UK community repair movement thrive in recent years and it’s great to see that this is now happening across the world” – Fiona Dear of the UK-based The Restart Project positive.news/society/public…

Despite what the ads say, there's no need to buy a new laptop today! 77% of a laptop's CO2e impact occurs before it even gets into your hands and 87% of laptops at community events are repairable🪛 Repairing your stuff is not only good for your pocket but the planet too🌎💸