Electrical and electronic products are increasingly hard to repair, not upgradeable and often unsupported by manufacturers beyond their warranty period. As we produce more and more of these items, global levels of electronic waste are escalating beyond our control, causing huge amounts of environmental degradation and posing serious health risks to communities around the world.
The Open Repair Alliance is an international group of organisations committed to working towards a world where electrical and electronic products are more durable and easier to repair.
We’re building an Open Repair Data Standard to enable community repair groups around the world to collect and share open data on electronics repairs performed at their events. Eventually we’ll aim to extend our reach to commercial repairers and others collecting repair data. This data will be used to tell stories about the positive impacts of repair, and to inform advocacy. Together, we can make a stronger case for more easily repairable devices.
This effort is supported and celebrated with an annual International Day of Repair, encouraging more people around the world to get involved with repair projects.
Website
openrepair.org/open-data/open-standard
