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Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a 'right to repair' (techxplore.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a 'right to repair'::There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repair person. But those days are long gone.

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[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm all about right to repair. But why is it so hard to find places to dispose of e waste clearly labeled do not throw away in trash? We can't even trash correctly.

[–] Metz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is there no recycling center around were you live? In germany basically every city has a "Wertstoffhof" that takes everything from old clothes over smaller e-waste (including batteries, etc), larger stuff like fridges to all kinds of reusable / recycleable plastics and metals. Basically everything that can be recycled or reused in some way and is not meant for the normal recycling household trash.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Also, some stores like Kaufland have bins for small e-waste.