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🛠️ We're a coalition advocating to remove barriers to repair our products, so they can last for longer and we can reduce waste. Join us! 🔗 repair.eu
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@r2reurope.bsky.socialWe recently reported on the hit-or-miss availability of repair-related information for consumers 🚧
Professional repairers also run into issues. Today, we hear the story of Jacob D’Hollander and his all too familiar struggle to access repair information. 📖
🔗 repair.eu/news/i-used-...
@r2reurope.bsky.socialRepairability cannot become another unverified marketing claim. We need transparent scoring, automated database checks and properly resourced market surveillance.
🔗 Read our investigation: repair.eu/news/one-yea...
@r2reurope.bsky.socialOthers linked to generic pages, told consumers to “see manual”, or even directed them to Temu and AliExpress. Some products nevertheless gave themselves the highest score for repair information.
@r2reurope.bsky.social📱 Four in five smartphone model records failed our EU repair-information check. We reviewed 2,334 records in the EU’s official EPREL database. Only 18% clearly led consumers to the required repair information. Almost half left the relevant fields blank.
@r2reurope.bsky.socialIt's not long until International #RepairDay!
As Repair Day partners, we're excited to see how fixers come together around the world to celebrate the 10th edition.
🧰 Check out the international toolkit
🗺️ Add your event to the global map
📢 Spread the word!
🔗 repair.eu/news/repair-...
