Longer life, lower costs!
To the European Commission, European Parliament, European Council, Member States, and local and regional authorities
Petition
We call on you to ensure the EU Circular Economy Act delivers a real shift towards a circular economy by:
- Setting binding, science-based targets on resource use to reduce Europe’s material footprint within planetary boundaries
- Setting binding reuse and repair targets, ensuring that EU policies deliver tangible waste prevention outcomes
- Harmonising and reforming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes through revisions of the Waste Framework Directive and WEEE Directive to focus on reuse and repair before recycling
- Requiring Member States to integrate repair and reuse infrastructure and services into national waste prevention plans.
- Requiring the sorting and assessment of all collected used devices and e-waste items by qualified professionals to determine their reusability before recycling.
- Ensuring safe and transparent material cycles by removing harmful chemicals from products and improving traceability
- Supporting cities and regions to scale local circular systems, repair networks, and reuse infrastructure
Why is this important?
You've probably got an old phone gathering dust in a drawer somewhere.
You meant to get it fixed. But repairing it was too expensive, too difficult, or simply impossible.
That’s not an accident. Companies like Apple and Samsung profit when we don’t repair and buy new instead. While mountains of electronic waste continue to grow, we pay the price.
Right now, the EU is working on a new law to tackle this mountain of waste. It's called the Circular Economy Act. Done right, it would mean products built to last, and repair that’s easy and affordable. [1]
But there's a problem. Right now, the plans are all about recycling, and almost nothing about repair and reuse. That suits the industry fine: they'd rather you give up on your old phone and buy a new one. [2]
We can still turn this around, the law is being written as we speak. But only if enough of us raise our voices now, will repair and reuse make it in. Sign today to demand a Circular Economy Act that puts repair and reuse at its heart!
References:
- https://repair.eu/resources/r2r-input-for-circular-economy-act/
- https://repair.eu/news/right-to-repair-coalition-statement-on-the-european-commissions-circular-economy-act-stakeholder-workshop/