by stefanie | Dec 21, 2020 | World Focus
Australia joins other countries to look into establishing a formal ‘Right to Repair’. The “Right to Repair” is gaining global traction with legislation passed in France and Austria. The EU Parliament recently voted in favour of a “Right to Repair”, seeking to make...
by stefanie | Dec 2, 2020 | World Focus
The European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers Association (ETIRA) has joined MEPs in calling on the EU Commission to grant consumers a ‘right to repair’, by making repairs to printing hardware and consumables more systematic and cost-efficient. The...
by David Connett | Feb 28, 2020 | Around the Industry
We have been fixing things since before the dawn of the industrial revolution and fixing and repairing is a way of life for cartridge remanufacturers. Yet consumers have evolved away from repairing things that are broken like smartphones. They are expensive to buy and...
by stefanie | Feb 1, 2019 | Around the Industry
In recent months, the Right to Repair has been featuring in news headlines and seems to be gaining ground, as 18 US States institute the act and the EU has revealed plans to implement such legislation in 2020. As the Saudi Gazette reports, “a growing global movement...
by stefanie | Jan 10, 2019 | Around the Industry
In a bid to combat climate change and boost sustainability, European environment ministers have put forward new proposals promoting the right to repair. As the BBC reports, these proposals are designed to “force manufacturers to make goods that last longer and are...
