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Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a 'right to repair' (techxplore.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] 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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[–] 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    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.

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