The repair shop aiming to fix throwaway culture - BBC News

This repair shop in Glasgow, Scotland is giving a second lease of life to a range of items from clothes to broken mobile phones.
"We want to see a radical change to throwaway culture," says Sophie Unwin, from Remade Network, the social enterprise behind the shop.
Remade want to encourage people to rethink the way they use and consume everyday items.
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[@kofiabradu9524]

This is what we do in Africa. Everything goes for repairs.

[@gojvvklbb5041]

Confirmed!

[@sergeibaskakov1014]

@RR PLAN C I think it doesn't matter if it's Africa, Russia, New Zeeland or other countries. We have a lot of people who wants to fix their old things. Someone can't afford to buy new things.

[@steveparker8065]

Most tech these days has built-in obsolescence so that the devices fail within a certain time frame. It's all about profit at the cost of common sense and the environment.

[@steveparker8065]

@gilkesisking Linux is better than Windows for lack of bloatware, spyware, telemetry etc. But I'm really talking about hardware and most production really including cars, washing machines, household items etc they are built with design flaws, weak parts, limited use to continue the cycle of profit.

[@steveparker8065]

@gilkesisking Bill Gates stole Dos from IBM and gave it a GUI, now he uses the platform for tracking, telemetry, adverts, bloatware etc. Then he used nefarious means to monopolise the industry, as you said, open-source is the enemy to people like Gates. Now he helps security services with facial recognition software, bots for propaganda and facilitating the selling of our personal data. I use dual boot mostly because I need Microcrap's platform for compatibility. But Linux has improved vastly in the last decade and would be my preferred platform.

[@gojvvklbb9182]

Many thanks!

[@DevoteeCT]

Used to have an IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad z61t. And at that time, under warranty, I could contact them and they would drop ship any part of the machine I needed and I'd repair/repalce it myself...it was so perfectly modular. Can't do this with their newest machines.

[@edc1569]

Buy quality tools and appliances and they will last a very long time - you don't get to complain if you buy cheap crud.

[@bosvigos9165]

Having moved to Ireland, I am so frustrated that I cannot get a CD player repaired, a radio fixed, an older phone. I am from the “make do and mend” generation and this constant waste infuriates me.

[@darraghwalsh8534]

Fuck off back home then =)

[@darraghwalsh8534]

@@BondJFK I dont actually drink to get drunk. Nice try though idiot. 🤣

[@j.jwhitty5861]

I'll fix them for you.

[@bosvigos9165]

@@j.jwhitty5861 Yes please!

[@majorskies7091]

That's the problem with the west world instead of repair we throw away. Repair and reuse is better than recycle.

[@majorskies7091]

@It’s coming Rome uh.... are you okay?

[@americanbookdragon]

@It’s coming Rome What a load of negativity!

[@spongebota.i.selfawarepant4780]

@It’s coming Rome calm down mate

[@gojvvklbb9182]

Many thanks!

[@perfct2u]

This is awesome! We need more of these.

[@thomasruiz3614]

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[@SiebMab]

That great to reuse again 💓

[@wallstreetruler3067]

You can take advantage of this creative thought same business model can work easily all around the world .

[@SlayerEddyTV]

I like this idea. Amazon throws items away items that haven't even been unboxed and used to be destroyed and sent to waste management centres or landfill, what s crazy world.

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Japan has a big repair culture, they keep the same tech for years

[@eun-heekim5132]

Yes!

[@zu438]

it isnt just our culture it is the manufacturers having created cheaper, less easily repaired products for the exact reason that if they didnt break or were easily repaired they would sell less products - - prices come down and now people expect the lower priced/poorly made goods even the better brands have lowered their quality and costs to compete..it is a vicious cycle or falling standards and expectations

[@gojvvklbb9182]

Many thanks!

[@wallstreetruler3067]

That’s great idea of business

[@masti733]

Fantastic!

[@ludochem]

We wont be creating a future until we ve fixed our past !

[@joebaldwin8515]

Hello 👋

[@carolmarr6607]

A great idea. Lovely people who care. Too many things just end up in landfill not good for our planet. Time to respect each other and our world.

[@joshwhittier8669]

Absolutely. Good day to you Carol

[@gojvvklbb5041]

Confirmed!

[@LunaBianca1805]

Such an admirable idea! I personally hate things that are just made to break down and cease to work shortly after their guarantee expires. Why can't I get a CD player repaired, a cell phone battery easily accessible for changing or just small exchange parts produced for a long time after a product hits the market? IMO it should be illegal to produce machines without an option for repair and without proper exchange parts (regardless of the country they're produced in) and to make throwaway stuff, electronics and other machines specifically. Durability and longevity used to be a sign of quality and something to be proud of - when the hell did that change?

[@captainjoejoe]

Incredible to see so many at the Freedom March in London on Saturday. Inspiring to see so many Britons standing up for their Civil Liberties!!

[@edc1569]

what on earth are you lot still protesting about, that you shouldn't have to show a pass to go to a nightclub or a football match? That other sovereign countries shouldn't be able to decide if you're allowed in? Give it a break, go get on with living your life.

[@captainjoejoe]

@@edc1569 Yes, thats exactly what we are protesting about.

[@GreenAppelPie]

Go Sophie! Great idea!

[@kirishima638]

Love this idea, but it will never address the core economics of the problem.

[@ninjaahjumma]

I hope Apple and companies that are against right to repair don’t come for repair shops like this. We really do throw away too much stuff.

[@edc1569]

I'm not sure Apple is that powerful!

[@ninjaahjumma]

@@edc1569 You’d be surprised, friend. Apple has been doubling down on accredited third party technicians in recent years. So much so that some smaller local repair shops (especially in the US) have had to shut down. Just search “Apple right to repair” or watch any video from Louis Rossman. I personally love Apple’s ecosystem more than Android and think that their products are worth the money, but I’m deathly afraid of any of my tech failing on me because fixing them would probably cost as much as replacing them.

[@cazvega]

We need more master tinkerers

[@angelaholic7679]

You know what the key is really for people to cherish for they own. If they batter the item, they are not in the mindset of repair means money saving and creating less waste.

[@Martial-Mat]

The problem is built in obsolence and the rate of electronics advancement.

[@klasiqken5221]

Impressive

[@julianaylor4351]

Learn to sew, wired plugs and use glue. But leave the complicated stuff, to folks like this. ❤️ When I was a kid in the sixties and a teenager in the seventies, televisions were very expensive so you had to rent them, and engineers came to your house to repair them. 📺

[@oneinthearm2897]

The TVs were so unreliable back then

[@thomasruiz3614]

Good morning Julia, How are you doing today? Its really nice having you on here .. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.💙💙💙 Regards Ruiz 😍

[@TomNook.]

The problem with modern electronics is that everything is integrated. You have a faulty memory module or key switch on a laptop? You have to replace the entire laptop. Its crazy.

[@jptrainor]

2:36 re "doing something with your hands, not just your brain". It takes both. More acurrately stated as "doing something with your hands *and* your brain, rather than just your brain".

[@cpm9747]

Remade Network. Have they expanded to the US by any chance? Would be really nice to have something like this in my city.

[@robba1234]

Great idea but we need to look at the economics of these vs what people get paid, a family on minimum wage has such a tight budget the overall "cost" is literally the most important thing. It's great saying it's only £2 more and you're helping the planet but from some people's perspective that is £2 crisp's money for a kid's playtime snack, or £2 less in the family budget. And yes for some it's that hard. With minimum wage, we are heading back to the Victorian times were we paid people so little, it essentially turned them into economic slaves. This last year Covid allowed people too busy working for a living a chance to look for better paying or less egregious work. As they say the rich are getting richer, the poor well they as always get poorer.

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Excellent

[@بنتالحشد-غ1ر]

🧡♥️

[@fakenewssucks211]

we need a new normal but it’s not the one the bbc want for us to be indebted and controlled by globalist billionaires

[@thomasruiz3614]

Good morning Dear , How are you doing today? Its really nice having you on here .. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.💙💙💙 Regards Ruiz 😍

[@busterdafydd3096]

1:21 in time subdsies may be made for repairing items.... What about a tax exemption if you take items to be repaired??

[@KASPA-KEY]

Good idea. Also subsidies for manufacturers who use less packaging or reusable refillable packaging.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Absolutely fabulous. Growing up my dad always had a TV or microwave on the table he was repairing. Has to be economical though. £6 for a cable she could fully replace for £2-£3. Thats a novelty not a business model. Built in viability is a massive problem. Manufactures need incentivising to have a repair policy. Real change has to come from government.

[@edc1569]

there in lies the problem it's very hard to imagine fixing an RC toy car is ever going to make sense in countries where we pay a reasonable local wage. Buy a kit RC car and you can fix it forever.

[@joebaldwin8515]

👋

[@stoufer2000]

Wow, BBC putting something useful up for once? What's happened? Chairman got the day off?

[@CricketEngland]

How rude the BBC news channel post a lot of good content….. it’s not their fault you are so stupid you find it boring

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@@CricketEngland lol, it's a sionist propaganda channel. It's content is only relevant to sheep and nation wreckers most of the time.

[@CricketEngland]

@@stoufer2000 well then by your own words that makes you one seeing your commenting here eh dummy

[@stoufer2000]

@@CricketEngland I only come here to dissent. BBC TV produce a lot of good programmes, but the 'news' is a Tory controlled diatribe of nonsense.

[@CricketEngland]

@@stoufer2000 the fact you even come here and even comment just proves everything

[@Trojan570]

We need this shop in London.

[@krishnenduray1758]

this is a very strong way to reduce the carbon production .

[@MutuMr]

Good idea still the extent of practicality is the question

[@dave_n8pu]

Need more places like this in America.

[@lilbahadurbk3520]

Repairing and using really good in this situation . It helps climate change

[@dallysinghson5569]

It's not just climate change though, it's all the other crap we excrete into the environment that doesn't exactly break down i.e. PCBs in water.

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[@BlueMax333]

Bravo! Mass production techniques and labour costs often make a repair difficult. But many items can be repaired. Many developing countries have shops that specialise in repairs. I hope the idea will spread nationwide.

[@tommyatkins2872]

Small *plastic* gears.. on a lawnmower... think I see the problem..

[@pancakes3250]

Love it.

[@farhathussain5948]

Hi I like mending things as well... have you got this shop in Birmingham

[@prabhki117]

Hello Farhat, I’m really contemplating opening a similar spot. Let me know if you’re interested, and I’ll keep you in the loop. I'm not in Birmingham atm but if we get skilled workers, we can look there as well.

[@jornalistarenatarosa4205]

Very good!

[@tuco4386]

Great job Dear. World needs u. Nobody will doing ; now'days " well , well , Weldon. 👍. Gudluck.. do u have any branches all over the world? Dear!!

[@OscarTayllor]

Those who want to support right to repair, check out Luis Rossmann on KZbin. He is working on this issue for a long time.

[@tinay9491]

Fantastic

[@jakel8627]

Im so big on throwaway culture that when my Pikachu fainted due to its injuries, i just threw it away and caught another one. Im 100% serious. I didnt know what the pokemon centre was.

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[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Right to Repair is a critical aspect of avoiding the world falling apart. Unfortunately, rich, greedy, selfish, self-centered corporations like Apple don't like that, they would rather everything be disposable to maximize their already massive profits. Louis Rossmann has been fighting for it and making a lot of headway recently.

[@dumuzidtherisingphoenix]

many people surround me affraid to go to repair shop for phone or laptop for privacy reason... 😅

[@BJPZINDABAD]

"A stich in time saves nine"'. Cheaper appliances have less life. Costly ones last lifetime

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[@clacicle]

I remember some years ago while on a train in India, a woman in my cabin had a leather bag with a torn strap. In the west it would have been thrown out or it would have cost a lot of money and time to repair. Suddenly a you man showed up who offered his services to repair the bag. He squatted down and looked at it for a minute and then took out some tools from his little bag. He took the bag apart, fixed the torn strap, and sowed it all back together. The 6 of us in the cabin were all flabbergasted at his skill. He charged less than $1 for his work. It was truly amazing. We need to do this as well in the west. Too much waste.

[@charlienwomasonstein3974]

Maybe pressure manufacturers to not make crap that doesn't last. Actually no, let them make money by short lifespan goods. They can use the natural resources yet preaching co2 fear and we'll pick up the gulit pieces.

[@jamescooper1968]

Should we have a tax on new durable items? Raises their price, making it more sensible to repair items. The tax could be directed to train and support people who do he repairs, making that career a viable choice. We definitely should have the cost of recycling electronics collected at point of sale so that people would know the real cost of ownership.

[@geraldillo]

Nice initiative. A problem however is the way things are manufactured nowadays. Like for example modern cameras are hard to repair for independent repairers because they make use of advanced electronics and computer chips.

[@Charlie-r]

Maybe just maybe if people work hard and want something they buy new because that's what they want 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rjones9579]

Please repost without the annoying spam-like music. Or please redo the music so it's synchronized with the action on the screen.

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[@iamdmc]

all you need to do is spend 10x what the item is worth these repair shops have been popping up and closing down just as quickly for decades now

[@holeindanssock156]

Open up one around my neighbourhood.... My garbage bins are full of good junk all the time...

[@public.public]

Need to repair the global economy so it isn't managed by the middle class management into the bottomless pit of species extinction.

[@new-knowledge8040]

Great stuff. I have been repairing my own stuff since 1980, to save money. And so my 43 year old home made speakers that I threw together in 1978, are still working and sounding as good as new, after I replaced the outer foam rings in the woofers. Each speaker has one 15" woofer, 2 mid-range drivers, and 4 tweeters. Plus I repaired my 1976 Heathkit AA-1506 stereo audio power amplifier, my 1987 Denon DCD-900 CD player, my DVD player, my Sony MDR-XD200 headphones, Electric shaver, Vacuum cleaner, Toaster, Microwave oven, Danby Simplicity SAC5250 air conditioner( working at this very minute despite being 19 1/2 years old), Lenovo 6138A17 computer, Computer printer, Computer keyboard, Samsung flat screen TV, Foldable shopping cart (Now has new and better wheels and other repairs), my Palm m505 handheld personal digital assistant, my 1992 Casio DPX-300 Watch, and my 1986 Heathkit HERO 2000 (ET-19) robot. Despite their age, all of these items are still up and going.

[@new-knowledge8040]

Oh and the highest price for these repairs, was $27 for the two foam rings needed to repair the speaker woofers. The next on the list was the $20 cost of the two wheels needed to repair the foldable cart.

[@arifulakash6239]

Third world countries be like : *james franco face* FIRST TIME

[@chrismcateer7746]

Can I have a Band saw repaired, it is an old one, 4ft high and about 80 yrs old

[@auro1986]

bbc, save trillions by repairing stuff

[@ashwin372]

Lol come to India. We use t-shirts for cleaning and then rug.

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[@solidus_reaver4381]

Iv been repairing things for years you people are way behind

[@systemicfrog]

They've cancelled their TV Licence then?

[@damon235]

I do repair ovens and white goods regularly , it’s very simple to do and a fraction of what a new item would be and less environmental impact. I struggle to see the business viability for all goods however.

[@edc1569]

absolutely

[@jimcourt9164]

3 GB men won gold at Tokyo … the BBC will go into a tailspin

[@ProjectPhysX]

Great!

[@AlanWattResistance]

The problem is that most things are not built to last a long time.

[@dustykashifeathers858]

wow! thanks for the inspiration🌟🌍🌟

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Finally!!!👏 Keep it up🤞🏻

[@StratsRUs]

My stuff hardly breaks.

[@jptrainor]

It makes economic sense to repair when the wage/productivity ratio of the consumer is near that of the producer. In the west it's totally askew for imported good. Businesses here engage in simple labour arbitrage. Buy from countries with low wage per unit of productivity. Sell in wealthy countries with high wage per unit of productivity. The profit is the price difference of the unit of productivity they are trading. When that normalizes globally it will probably start being economic again to repair stuff.

[@public.public]

DONT REPAIR LEAF BLOWERS

[@toddcott9510]

Storage boxes are one of my big hates, they are made to brake.

[@edc1569]

"Really Useful Boxes" are pretty good, they do a recycled plastics range which is grey/black.

[@ya00007]

Can you repair iphones?

[@rid9160]

Where I live in the UK its cheaper to buy new item.

[@joebaldwin8515]

Hi 👋

[@helmutreichart9081]

Should be one of these shops in every town, city or village all over the world, how good would that be for the planet.

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I have that tiger!

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🌍 activities

[@guff9567]

Fat chance.

[@DataJYdocs]

ThumbsUp!!

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you

[@TheSnoopall]

I repair holes in my shoes with salt and cheapest super glue. :)

[@SapphiR3_]

Nice

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[@dallysinghson5569]

Thanks, now can you get Jesus to please fix my car? Thanks.

[@leofriel4556]

Can you fix my broken heart?

[@alialii1274]

Only glasses

[@ianritchie126]

Our landfill sites are overflowing with stuff that could have been repaired , people have more money than spence in this country

[@mrmustangman]

it's all good until you can't find spare parts anymore.......

[@NovemberTheHacker]

Yes, one shop is going to fix the entire throwaway culture. Good job, BBC.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Open a repair shop then. 😉

[@thomasruiz3614]

Good morning Dear, How are you doing today? Its really nice having you on here .. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.💙💙💙 Regards Ruiz 😍

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