'It's our stuff': consumers wage right-to-repair revolution


  • TECH
  • Monday, 25 Oct 2021

Lawmakers in the United States and Europe champion the ‘right to repair’ as fixing electronic goods not only cuts costs but also reduces e-waste and harmful emissions. — 123rf.com

JAMES Sampson runs a tech repair shop in suburban Washington DC – fixing wayward phones and lagging laptops – and sees his tiny store as one part of a brave, new consumer rights revolution that can protect the planet, too.

Increasingly concerned about electronic waste and planet-warming emissions,

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