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Whilst the recent introduction of the Right-to-Repair to European citizens is undoubtedly a step forward in tackling planned obsolescence, and the resultant deluge of electronic product waste – the efficacy of this new legislation is reliant on consumers availing themselves of this right. Given that repairing and maintaining devices will often require specialist knowledge and skills, it is difficult to assess how effective this right may prove to be in practice. To address this concern, we draw from the expanding infusion of datafication and Artificial Intelligence into everyday products and services via the Internet of Things to consider alternative futures whereby the Right-to-Repair is granted to the device itself. Building upon More-than-Human-Centred Design approaches, we explore the potential embodiment for such a perspective and present two Speculative Designs that concretise this consideration: the Toaster for Life and The Three Rights of AI Things.

non-peer-reviewed ; Achieving a more circular production and consumption pattern will require consumers to make proactive choices regarding practices such as repair and product life extension. However, galvanizing such choices and practices may not be left alone up to consumers because their behaviors are driven not only by internal factors (e.g., attitude and motivation), but also by external (e.g., economic, social, and political) factors. Having a clear understanding of these factors in play will help to set expectations for behavioral change from consumers' side and to plan behavioural interventions that are effective in terms of the expected results, efficient in terms of the cost of implementation, and feasible in terms of social and political acceptance. This paper explores these behavioral and non-behavioral elements affecting the decision to participate in circular practices. It takes the repair case of electrical and electronic products at public repair events to document factors governing the facilitation of repair practices. A questionnaire survey was conducted among nearly a thousand volunteer repairers with experience in repairing two product groups: small electrical appliances (e.g., vacuum cleaner, mixer, and coffee maker) and small electronic equipment (e.g., smartphone, laptop, and tablet).

For more than two decades, a burgeoning "right-to-repair" movement has been underway in the United States, evolving from a nascent effort to democratize automobile repair into a cultural and legal force with ramifications in numerous industries. At the highest level, the right-to-repair movement aims to require manufacturers to provide consumers and independent repair providers with replacement parts, repair manuals, and other such materials used to fix products they own. Although activists have lobbied for the right to repair automobiles since at least 2001, right-to-repair legislation began to gain momentum over the past decade and has expanded from automobiles to other consumer goods, including cell phones, appliances, and other electronic devices, as well as agricultural and medical equipment.

With yesterday's big announcement of Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission has made its move on the road to make right to repair a reality in Europe. Eu's law-making body, The European commission, broadcasted its Circular Economy Action Plan yesterday. The blueprint is a five-year outline of the European Commission's actions to make sustainable and repairable products and services the new normal in Eu. Acknowledging public's frustration of lockdown of repair resources, it is a promise of change and getting them their right to repair. The action plan has condemned the contemporary economic model of taking the resource, making a product, using it for the shortest time, and then disposing it off. With the right to repair legislation in action, the system will move towards reuse, repair, and recycling model. It all started with the European Green Deal – a roadmap for making Eu's economy resource-efficient and sustainable. The whole thing is centered on the idea of making Europe climate neutral by the year 2050. The European Commission is setting different action plans, each targeting a specific economy sector, to follow through its mission of green economy. On an overwhelming demand of Eu Parliament, the first action plan has been set to combat the e-waste. From 9 million tons e-waste recorded in 2005, the numbers have risen to 12 million in 2020. That being said, the Circular Economy Action Plan revolves around two key points to ensure the least possible amount of e-waste. Manufacturer's Sustainable Products The electronics industry is now under strict obligation to produce resource-efficient and sustainable products. Manufacturers will now modify their product design and bring long-living cellphones, computers, tablets, and other electronic gadgets in the European market.This part of the action plan will reduce "premature obsolescence" of electronic products by upgrading their hardware components as well as the software. Consumers' Right to Repair The second and the more important focus of the ...

The goal of this research project was to take a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary approach to research and examine the Right to Repair movement's progress, current repair practices, impediments, and imperatives, and the various large-scale implications (environmental, economic, social, etc.) stemming from diminished consumer freedom as a result of increased corporate greed and lack of governmental regulations with regards to repair and the environment. This poster exhibits the highlights of my general research project on the Right to Repair movement over the course of this four month internship, and aims to disseminate information about the movement to the wider public in an accessible manner.