The European Commission is currently reviewing options to improve the design of game consoles and printers. We need repairability to be considered.

As part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Disruptive Innovation Festival, we were invited to present the campaign and chat about the state of repair alongside some experts on the topic.

To highlight the importance of repair and to express their admiration and support to all repairers, Belgian organisations transformed the statue of Mercator in Brussels into ‘Mercator the repairer’.

For several months now, Google has been blocking advertisements from independent repairers, as opposed to those from manufacturers and their authorised repairers. Runder Tisch Reparatur turned to the EU to draw attention to Google’s behaviour.

A new study reveals that extending the lifespan of smartphones and other electronics by just 1 year would save the EU as much carbon emissions as taking 2 million cars off the roads per year.