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Carl Dalhammar

Carl Dalhammar

Senior lecturer

Carl Dalhammar

The Emerging ‘Right to Repair’ legislation in the EU and the U.S.

Author

  • Sahra Svensson
  • Jessika Luth Richter
  • Eléonore Maitre-Ekern
  • Taina Pihlajarinne
  • Aline Maigret
  • Carl Dalhammar

Summary, in English

The transition to a Circular Economy (CE) aims for more efficient use of resources and reconsideration of how products are designed and used, including promoting longer lifetimes through design and repair. However, several factors influence whether it is an option for the consumer to repair the product. These range from legal and market impediments to factors of cost, convenience, and consumer preference. In this paper, we examine the current state of right to repair and different stakeholder perspectives. We outline the fundamental barriers to accessing repair services for consumer electronics as well as current and proposed policies in both the EU and U.S. promoting access to repair. Following a comparison of initiatives, we conclude by discussing the need to balance stakeholder interests in defining the desired scope of Right to Repair (R2R) - distinguished from a fully open access to repair - within the context of CE goals.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Environmental Management

Keywords

  • repair
  • right to repair
  • Intellectual property rights (IPR)
  • electronics environmental impact
  • Ecodesign Directive
  • ecodesign
  • Circular Economy

Conference name

Going Green CARE INNOVATION 2018

Conference date

2018-11-27 - 2018-11-29

Conference place

Vienna, Austria

Status

Published

Project

  • Creating a repair society to advance the Circular Economy – policies, networks and people
  • Circular Economy: capturing value in waste through extended producer responsibility policies