Anyone who still doubts

Anyone who still doubts

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Anyone who still doubts that people care about sustainable electronics has not been paying attention this year. We are officially dubbing 2012 as "the year of the fixer": More and more people are breaking out their screwdrivers, and the headlines have been full of repair stories. The iPhone 5 is the most repairable iPhone ever. There are fewer toxic chemicals in new cell phones than ever before. A draft of a new green cell phone standard, UL 110, requires that manufacturers secure cases with screws rather than glues. And Sprint announced that all of their phones will meet this standard—they will be openable, modular, and repairable.

There was so much going on this year that we missed some exciting repair news. So, here are five more important repair stories that fell through our cracks:

Massachusetts voters passed a statewide measure in November asserting the freedom to service their cars wherever they want—at the dealership, at an independent service shop, or in their own driveways. The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair with battery such as Lenovo FRU 92P1182 Battery, Lenovo 40Y8313 Battery, Lenovo 57Y6452 Battery, Lenovo L09S8L09 Battery, Lenovo L08S4X03 Battery, Lenovo Ideapad U110 Battery, Lenovo L08S6D21 Battery, Lenovo 3000 G230G Battery, Lenovo 42T4815 Battery, Lenovo 57Y4565 Battery, Lenovo 40Y8322 Battery, Lenovo FRU 92P1188 Battery Act makes it illegal for any manufacturer to sell or lease a new car without allowing the owner access to the same diagnostic and repair information that manufacturers have. Independent repair technicians—who directly compete with major dealerships for business—must also be given access to the service and repair documents.

Rallying behind the cry of "it's your car, you paid for it, you should get it fixed where you want," voters approved the ballot measure by a whopping 86%. The Massachusetts Right to Repair Committee called the vote an "historic victory for car owners"—and indeed the bill is the first of its kind passed in the United States. Perhaps the law will pave the road for more sweeping national repair reform.

This month, HP opened the first e-waste processing plant in East Africa. Technology has moved quickly into the developing world—thanks largely to cell phone usage, Africa has had one of the highest internet usage growth rates in the world over the last decade. When those devices break, they need to be disposed of somehow. Informal e-waste processing can be dangerous: Practices such as open burning and dissolving circuit boards in acid baths damage workers' health. So it is vital that African nations develop safer ways to process e-waste.

This plant is a triple win: It's a win for the environment. It's a win for HP, which will make profit off the recycled e-waste. And it's a win for the local community, which gets an influx of skilled, permanent jobs.

People in high places are beginning to recognize that difficult-to-replace electronics batteries are an environmental nightmare. President of the German Federal Environmental Agency, Jochen Flasbarth, proposed banning devices with glued down-batteries like the iPad and the MacBook Retina. "That the battery component cannot be easily replaced is grotesque," he said in an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau, "They must prohibit it."