Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair - Episode 2

Many electronics manufacturers are making it harder and harder for individuals and independent repairers to fix their broken kit. There are claims that programmed obsolescence is alive and well, with mobile phone batteries designed to wear out after just 400 charges. The manufacturers say it's for safety or security reasons, but it drives the consumer model of constant replacement and upgrades. But people are starting to fight back. Episode 2 - The Right to Repair Mark Miodownik talks to the fixers and repairers who are heading up the Right to Repair movement which is forcing governments to act and making sustainability and value for money part of the consumer equation. He goes online for help replacing his broken mobile phone screen and dead battery and finds out how easy it is to dare to repair. Presented by Mark Miodownik and produced by Fiona Roberts. First broadcast on Tuesday 4 May 2021.

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Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair - Episode 2 is an episode from Scientifically... by BBC.

This episode is 35:36 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2021.

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