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1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 06:33:54 EDT neil 🍄

   The EU may throw out 2+ years' work on creating better product standards for longer-lasting products, specifically appliances and electronics.

   "A massive opportunity to transform our throw-away economy is about to be lost."

   Don't let it happen - if you're in the UK or Germany (countries that are block), please sign and share one of these petitions!

   #eu #rightorepair

   https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/give-us-the-longer-lasting-products-we-want

   https://weact.campact.de/petitions/recht-auf-reparatur

   1. Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 07:43:23 EDT Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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      @neil I suspect theres a worse reason for the opposition from UK, DE and IT than just Euroscepticism (ofc bad in itself!)

      All 3 countries have remnants of a once thriving manufacturing industry that has let itself become dependent on producing cheap disposable crap (basically final assembly of items sourced from lower labour cost countries) and there is no will from profit driven companies and neoliberal governments to (re)invest in training and support economies based on repair/reuse..

      1. Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 07:45:23 EDT Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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         @neil its even more short sighted as a return to sustainable manufacturing within Europe if done well could bring *together* native young adults who have practical skills but aren't as academic who currently struggle to get employment, as well as the various migrant communities. This has all been done before, and it worked fairly well!