6 ways to stop planned obsolescence
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. PIRG's new Designed to Last campaign has suggestions for how governments can stop planned obsolescence.
Right to repair
We should be able to fix our stuff when it breaks. That means getting the companies who make our stuff, to give us the right to repair our stuff.
We should be able to fix our stuff when it breaks. We need easy access to the information, tools, resources and third party repair shops it takes to fix our cell phones, appliances, electronics and other equipment. That means working together to get the companies who make our stuff, to give us the right to repair our stuff. When they do, it will be better for the planet, better for our budgets, and things will work the way they are supposed to.
The Latest on Right to repair
Software lockouts shouldn’t be the reason I can’t use my car
Mass. State Senate Passes Right to Repair
Updates
Rural shops tell Congress: Let us fix people’s stuff.
Celebrate the President’s Executive Order on Competition
FTC announces Right-to-Repair action against Weber
Featured Resources
Deere in the Headlights II
Why Farmers Need Right to Repair
Tips for fixing your own products under Apple’s new self-repair program
Fixed for the Holidays
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First Colorado, then New York: Right to Repair on a roll
JUNE 30, 2022: Since 2018, PIRG has been campaigning for the Right to Repair — our right to fix the things we own when they break. In the past month, two states have passed the first Right to Repair bills in nearly a decade.
PIRG halts repair restrictions
New York state Senate Passes Right to Repair
Advocates stall effort to undermine medical Right to Repair
