Planned obsolescence should be obsolete! Check out this post from Life & Soul Magazine.
France is set to introduce a repairability rating index for electrical and electronic equipment in an attempt to stop throwaway culture and to make consumers aware of the environmental impact of products they buy.
Under the French Government’s plans, products such as smartphones and electronic and household appliances will have a new sticker on their packaging, indicating how long their estimated “life” will be.
The new stickers, which will appear alongside the products’ energy rating, will allow consumers to see how environmentally friendly a product is, as well as the how robust it is, and how easy it will be to fix should it break down unexpectedly. On a scale of 1-10, the stickers will identify the durability of the product and its repairability.
It is understood that the repair rating, which is expected to come into effect from 1 January 2021, will be compulsory for smartphones, televisions, laptop computers, front-loading washing machines and…
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MagickMermaid 
Let us see if this happens or whether it is another eye-catching but empty promise 😉 I would have thought EU law would need to be changed to allow this to happen as it could be seen as a non-technical trade barrier.
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Hopefully it will happen before the planet becomes nothing more than a trash heap!
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Let us hope so!!!
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I made a comment on the original post minutes ago, thinking it would also appear here. It hasn’t yet, but hopefully it will.
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There seems to be a posting delay. I had to post my comment twice on my own blog.
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Let’s hope the system works and is extended to all countries.
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I hope so as well! Although the companies that sell those type of items will be very unhappy.
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So smart! I hope other countries follow their lead.
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I agree! I’m so tired of buying things that can’t be fixed!
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Ich hoffe es auch alles was gekauft wird ist verdammt irgendwann zum entsorgen .früher war es so in den 80er bis ende der 80er hat jeder noch die Möglichkeit gehabt Tv Geräte ,Radios usw, zur Reparatur zu bringen und hat für einen kleinen preis das machen können aus der Preis war höher dann hat man sich überlegen können Neu oder ein Gebrauchtes zu kaufen.
J’espère aussi que tout ce qui est acheté est sacrément éliminé à un moment donné. C’était dans les années 80 à la fin des années 80, tout le monde avait encore la possibilité d’apporter des téléviseurs, des radios, etc. sauf lorsque le prix était plus élevé, vous pourriez envisager d’en acheter un neuf ou d’occasion
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Yes, I know what you mean. Now almost everything lasts for such a short time and then one is forced to buy new. And many times the new things are are more expensive and of lesser quality. More junk for the trash. 😦
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Merci, ça me fait plaisir avec le temps, oui ??? Cette année, tout n’est que merde. C’est pourquoi je suis toujours heureux quand je suis dans la réserve naturelle pendant une heure avant le travail et que je peux prendre des photos avec l’appareil photo ou le téléphone portable en même temps, c’est à moi de recharger mes batteries à cause de la stupide Corona où je ne suis plus dans l’entrepôt alimentaire Les heures de travail sont autorisées à travailler de 10 à 12 heures
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Oui, exactement
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Ich hoffe es auch , alles was gekauft wird ist verdammt irgendwann zum entsorgen .früher war es so in den 80er bis ende der 80er hat jeder noch die Möglichkeit gehabt Tv Geräte ,Radios usw, zur Reparatur zu bringen und hat für einen kleinen preis das machen können Außer der Preis war höher dann hat man sich überlegen können Neu oder ein Gebrauchtes zu kaufen.
J’espère aussi que tout ce qui est acheté est sacrément éliminé à un moment donné. C’était dans les années 80 à la fin des années 80, tout le monde avait encore la possibilité d’apporter des téléviseurs, des radios, etc. sauf lorsque le prix était plus élevé, vous pourriez envisager d’en acheter un neuf ou d’occasion
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On the face of it I love the idea of this, but thinking for a moment longer I’ve already convinced myself there will be a ‘catch’. Like; they charge you more for a product with a higher repairability rating, but then the cost of actually repairing it, should you need to, and if/when it fails, is maybe disproportionate. As it stands, there are already things like longer warranties and extended warranties that either people pay extra for or lead them to pay more for the product because it gives them a higher level of confidence in the thing.
Ultimately I think the manufacturers of certain goods should be responsible for the recycling of them. In some cases this already happens.
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I had the same feeling about the ‘catch’. The consumer generally loses no matter what the rules state or scenarios occur. My the CD player/radio expired a short time after the extended warranty did. So only 6 years later I have to buy something new. I agree-the manufacturers of substandard goods should have the responsibility of recycling them.
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