Trend 04
Right to repair
Right to repair
The culture of repair is back.
Trend axes
- Repair
- Durability
- Bartering
- Ecology
Some figures
53.6M
Million tonnes of machines and devices were considered obsolete worldwide in 2019 and became electronic waste.
17%
Percentage of electronic devices that were officially recycled last year.
77%
EU citizens who would rather repair their goods than buy new ones.
90%
EU citizens believe products should be clearly labelled to indicate their durability.
When second chances work
The term alargascencia, which combines the verb ‘alargar’ (to extend) with the ending of ‘obsolescencia’ (obsolescence), is a neologism coined by the environmental association Amigos de la Tierra (Friends of the Earth) and names the initiative that fights to extend the useful life of products in order to reduce the consumption of natural resources.
Although today's consumption trend is to throw away and immediately replace a damaged product, the economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 will reduce people's spending power, which is why many citizens could join this movement calling for owning less and making objects last longer.
It is currently estimated that the average time a person uses a smartphone is two to three years. Surprisingly, according to EU research, the average life of desktop printers is just five hours and four minutes of actual printing time.
“The e-waste generated in 2019 is equivalent to the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2”. Global E-Waste Monitor 2020
Cases
01 / 03Zorraquino spotlights
- 01
With population growth and rising levels of global consumption, the linear model of use and throw away is inevitably leading us to a resource crisis.
- 02
The only way forward is to decouple economic growth from the extraction of primary resources while mitigating its environmental consequences.
- 03
The right to repair will encourage freedom of choice and access to truthful information on durability, helping us make sustainable decisions consciously.
More on the trend
References
- Fighting for consumer rights to repair our own electronic devices
- Los electrodomésticos tendrán que durar más y gastar menos
- Humans left behind a record amount of e-waste in 2019
- Planned obsolescence: the outrage of our electronic waste mountain
- Los eurodiputados quieren medidas que garanticen la durabilidad de los productos
- Global E-Waste Monitor 2020
- El derecho a reparar smartphones, tablets y portátiles será posible en Europa en 2021
- En 2019 se generaron 53,6 millones de toneladas de basura electrónica
- ¿Cómo alargar la vida útil de los productos?
- EU plans 'right to repair' rules for phones and tablets
- Adiós a la obsolescencia programada
- Este spot navideño de Braun promueve el valor de los regalos con alma
- Fairphone updates its ethical smartphone for 2019
- Rigth to repair
- Teracube myteracube.com Teracube, el móvil que presume de 4 años de garantía, tarifa plana de reparación y cambio gratuito de batería
- Adolfo Domínguez lanza ADN: Inteligencia Artificial para acabar con las compras compulsivas
- Guías de reparación para todo, escritas por todos.
Pages 71–88 of the report
