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You deserve the right to repair your stuff | Gay Gordon-Byrne

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The Trend towards a Throwaway Economy is Reversing

This trend towards a throwaway economy is reversing all over the world, and it's really fun to be able to tell you about it. Back in two thousand 14, we put forward our very first digitl right to repair bill. And that became the template for dozens of other bills. This year we've had 27 states take up the sa legislation ad these bills are starting to pass. It's not just us. Canada and australia have got similar processes under way. The european union has put forward a set ofguati s that just took effect that are limiting the use of adhesives in the construction of products. Because they might compete with us.

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