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We’re fighting for your Right to Repair, and we want you to be a part of it. If you want to know how you can help, look no further than the calls to action below.

E-Waste

Figure Out How to Track E-Waste, Win $10,000

Can you figure out how to track electronic waste as it moves downstream, from electronics recyclers to its final location in waste sites, scrap markets, or remanufacturing plants? Popular Science…

April 14, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

iFixit Is a State of Mind: Kyle’s Tekzilla Interview

In a Tekzilla interview, Kyle chatted with Patrick Norton about why repairability of the iPad is important for the world. He outlines some of the complexities of the e-waste issue:…

March 29, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Activism

Close This Window! Reading iFixit is Suspicious Terrorist Activity

An FBI/DoJ flyer says it's suspicious terrorist activity to "download or transfer files with 'how-to' content, such as information about electronics." Sure, the flyer has a standard disclaimer, acknowledging that…

March 12, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

Necessary Electronics Accessories

Right outside the Ghana electronics scrapyard Agbogbloshie, our car was approached by a young man selling refurbished TV remotes. This is a side of Agbogbloshie you don't see as often…

March 3, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

See Inside a Canadian E-Waste Recycling Facility

Servers were the size of refrigerators and a single CPU chip had about $300 of gold when Montreal-based electronics recycling company FCM Recycling started harvesting precious metals from computers' circuit…

February 29, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

UN E-Waste Africa Report: Up to 85% of Africa’s E-Waste Comes from Within Africa

Last Friday, the UN's E-waste Africa Program reported findings from studies in 5 African countries (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria) over the last 3 years. Poor African countries…

February 17, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

Trading E-Waste Commodities

On a Delhi street, a group of men load a pile of power supply units and optical drives into a truck to take them for recycling. We took this photo…

February 15, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Consumer Rights

How Nikon Is Killing Camera Repair

On Monday, January 16th, Nikon Inc. sent a letter to independent camera repair technicians in the US to say that "it will no longer make repair parts available for purchase…

February 14, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Activism

Our Statement to the US Copyright Office about Jailbreaking

Just two days to send your comments to bunnie and the US Copyright Office. Here’s the statement we made to the Copyright Office today: US Copyright Office, Please extend the…

February 7, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

E-Waste

High Tech Isn’t as Clean as It Looks: The Story of Electronics

The Story of Electronics is about our relationship with the stuff we own and the consequences of consumer habits. The video is a great primer on e-waste issues. In the…

February 4, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit