Today marks a set back for the Right to Repair movement. Henrik Huseby, a Norwegian small business owner and repairer lost his legal battle against $1 trillion company Apple in Norway’s Supreme Court.
We use them every day but from extraction to manufacturing, use and disposal, our electronics leave a considerable footprint on the planet.
Repair is essential to our society, and repairers play a crucial role, now more than ever. Yet, in many countries they’re not considered « essential ».
The EU Circular Economy Action Plan seems to hit all the right notes to make « Right to Repair » a reality in Europe. But what needs to happen next?
In a bid to make digitalisation sustainable, the German environmental ministry relased early March its « Environmental Digital Agenda ».
The strategy is in favour of ICT product’s repairability and calls for a European Right to Repair.
