The Right To Repair

Wow the EU do come out with some cracking legislation and under this one going through the European Parliament, manufacturers of certain products will be required to make them easier to repair.
Many manufacturers, intentionally build products in a way that does not allow for disassembly, making it impossible to replace defective components when they break so  consumers are forced to scrap the entire item, when there is actually very little wrong with it.
Thanks to the new EU legislation, manufacturers of washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, lights and fridges are required to make their products easier to repair and spare parts will also have to be made available to professional repairers.
The EU state it will prolong the lives of popular household items and dampen demand for new ones, thereby reducing carbon emissions, cutting waste and saving consumers money.
Manufacturers, seeing their profits in Europe taking a huge dip, fought for concessions restricting the rights of consumers to repair products themselves which is fair, amateur repairs to phones and other electronic devices could prove dangerous and we all remember the Grenfell fire which killed 72 people and was started due to a faulty fridge which highlights the dangers posed by defective electrical goods, and raises legitimate questions about non-specialists repairing them.
As our parents said, they don’t make them like they used to and soon that will hopefully be true and something to celebrate.