{"id":42291,"date":"2022-01-20T16:48:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/european-plans-for-more-repair-share-your-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:42:09","slug":"european-plans-for-more-repair-share-your-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/european-plans-for-more-repair-share-your-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"European plans for more repair: share your thoughts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Commission invites citizens and organisations to give feedback on their plans to stimulate repair and reuse. The Commission has put several ideas on paper. It now wants to know whether they match the views and wishes of the European public.<\/p>\n<p>With these plans the Commission wants to encourage consumers to have broken items repaired more often and also to buy repaired items more often. It also wants to encourage producers to design products that last longer and are easy to repair. It wants to discourage unsustainable consumption. In this way, the Commission wants to contribute to constructing a circular economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Share your thoughts!<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to give your opinion? <a href=\"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EC_plans_for_more_repair_and_reuse_2022.pdf\">Then start by reading the plans<\/a>. After that, you can provide your feedback <strong>until 5 April 2022<\/strong> through the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/13150-Sustainable-consumption-of-goods-promoting-repair-and-reuse_en\">website of the European Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EC_plans_for_more_repair_and_reuse_2022.pdf\">plans of the European Commission for more repair and reuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read our news item on a <a href=\"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/en\/right-to-repair-should-apply-to-everyone\/\">European right to repair<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Commission invites citizens and organisations to give feedback on their plans to stimulate repair and reuse. The Commission has put several ideas on paper. 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