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restartproject , 1 year ago to random

We want to share the love for repair on #RepairDay 💚 Why do YOU care about repair? Tell us in the comments down below.
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Some of the reasons that we care about repair are:

• it's essential in our mission to save our planet 🌱
• it helps us better connect with other generations and our local and global community 🫱🏾‍🫲🏻
• it also saves you money, always a plus!
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  #InternationalRepairDay #RepairForEveryone #RepairDay2024 #RepairDay

restartproject , 1 year ago to random

It's nearly #RepairDay, so we're excited to announce the first Open Repair Alliance report on community repair data.

https://openrepair.org/repair-data/the-rise-of-community-repair-new-report-and-new-dataset-from-the-open-repair-alliance/

It explores over 200,000 records of #repair attempts that we've collected over the years, so there's a lot to dig into 🔍.

#RightToRepair #OpenData

A global repair boom The first Open Repair Alliance report of community repair data shows that the movement is growing all over the world. 246 repair groups had logged data in 2017 compared to 1158 today.
Zooming in In the UK last year alone, almost 55,000 items were successfully fixed by volunteer repairers, saving ~150 tonnes of e-waste and 1,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions.
What we need now Policy has not yet caught up. Only 4% of products featured in the repair data are covered by upcoming legislation. Currently, 53% of repairs of electrical and electronic items at community events are successful. We need better policies to ensure that number increases.

ALT

restartproject , 1 year ago to random

Student Repair Revolution supported students and staff to bring #repair to campus at 14 universities across the UK 🎓 Now, we're ready to share what we learned...⁠

Read all about it here https://communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/student-repair-revolution/

ALT