This paper explores consumer barriers to repair to understand the factors preventing users
from extending products' lifecycles. Environment policies to promote Right to Repair …

Concerns over the carbon footprint resulting from the manufacturing, usage and disposal of
hardware have been growing. The right-to-repair legislation was introduced to promote …

The sale of off-grid solar products in Zambia has grown rapidly over the past decade, with
around 1 million small-scale solar products sold between 2018 and 2022. However, these …

The right-to-repair movement is a consumer rights movement that supports people's freedom
to repair and customize their gadgets, such as smartphones. To make diagnostic tools …

Repair is a product value recovery strategy that slows down the use of new resources,
allowing more time for resource recreation. Although it is one of the cheapest and easier to …

The last decade has seen a significant increase in new product lines in 'smart'consumer
products. These products have been manufactured and released in the wake of …

The way consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices are built is leading to electronic waste
(eWaste) growth. This arises from planned obsolescence, bundling of 'smartness' creating …