Naoko Tojo

直して使う文化は戻ってくるのか : 修理・修繕の復興に向けての試行錯誤

Would the culture of repair and use return? : Exploring the way to revitalise reuse

Summary, in English

Similarly to many OECD countries, repair has been replaced by purchasing of alternatives which has accrelated production and accompanying environmental impacts. With the re-recognition of the necessity of closure of material loops repair has been receiving renewed policy attention, both at the EU and Swedish level. There are also initiatives such as repair cafe that seek to equip citizens with tools and means to repair their own products, and mindset of some industry actors also started to change. Despite all these development, a recent study shows that the perceptions of citizens on self repair are still negative. The author contemplates on possible reasons.

• Author: Naoko Tojo
• Department/s: The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
• Publishing year: 2022-01
• Language: Japanese
• Pages: 10-11
• Publication/Series: Global Net
• Volume: January 2022
• Issue: 374
• Links: https://www.gef.or.jp/globalnet202201/globalnet202201-6/
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Global Environmental Forum, Global Environmental Forum
• Topic: Economics and Business
• Keywords: Repair; policy measures; citizen's movement; repair cafe; industry; citizen's perception
• Status: Published