In our latest CREACE publication we mapped the current policy landscape for repair, focusing on the key repair stakeholders and asking: what is hindering these stakeholders’ ability and willingness to participate in repair, and what are the solutions in sight to these impediments?

A recent CREACE study based on interviews looked at barriers and drivers for reuse of white goods. One finding was that that current EPR systems can pose a barriers for re-use.

It seems increased time at home during the Coronavirus pandemic has led to more people fixing at home and spending more time on maintenance. …

CREACE project researchers Dr. Carl Dalhammar and Dr. Jessika Luth Richter worked with Master's students at the IIIEE to investigate the state of the repair sector in Sweden and policies that could further promote repair.