I know EU has the Right to Repair initiative and that’s a step to the right direction. Still I’m left to wonder, how did we end up in a situation where it’s often cheaper to just buy a new item than fix the old?
What can individuals, communities, countries and organizations do to encourage people to repair rather than replace with a new?
I’m talking about how much it costs to get this service, rather doing it yourself. It will take longer to do it yourself as someone who isn’t doing it every day (and you don’t have a sewing machine in this scenario, right?)