Extending the useful life of consumer products is a critical element in the circular economy.
Although commercial repair is an established part of the global economy, the repair is often …

Repair cafés are community-centred repair workshops, where volunteer fixers help
members of the public to repair and therefore extend the lives of items that might otherwise …

In the past few years, policymakers, funders and academics have shown an increasing
interest in discussing the potentials of Repair Cafes to contribute towards sustainability …

This short report is a summary of the findings of research undertaken by Professor Martin
Charter and Scott Keiller of The Centre for Sustainable Design. Interim data were previously …

The repair industry, consumer expenditure on repair and the number of repair businesses
have been steadily decreasing in many European countries over the last 20–40 years. Our …

In the circular economy discourse it is stressed that products ought to be repairable and that
repair work is assumed to be growing. However, repair can be organised and performed in …

The notion of a circular economy is often presented in discourses on a more sustainable
future. A circular economy proposes more efficient material flows in growth-based economy …

Repair in the context of the circular economy. The growth in sales of household electrical
and electronic equipment in recent years, combined with faster product obsolescence, has …

The idea of replacing the broken linear economy with circular forms to help address the
current sustainability crisis is gaining world-wide traction in policy, industry, and academia …

Repair is an essential aspect of circular economy (CE) strategies to extend the life of
products and materials, and has further been suggested as a key sector to benefit from …