Right to repair
Topic: Environment and Sustainable Development · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Right to repair means consumers and independent repair shops should be able to get the spare parts, tools and repair manuals they need to fix a product. When products are easy to repair, they last longer. Fewer are thrown away, less e-waste piles up, and fewer new resources are needed. It also protects consumers from being forced to buy new products or use only the company's own costly service.
Example
In 2022, India's Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) launched the Right to Repair Portal. It gives buyers of phones, appliances, cars and farm equipment information on repairs and spare parts, so a person can fix a broken phone instead of replacing it.
Related concepts
- Linear economy
- Circular economy
- Recycling
- E-waste
- Extended producer responsibility
- Urban mining
- Porter hypothesis
- Sustainable infrastructure
- Sustainable consumption and production
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions