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Repair by Josh LepawskyMar 2, 20203:00 pmOctober 31, 2020

Planet of Fixers?

Maintenance and repair are on the agenda. In October 2018, The Economist declared repair to be, “as important as innovation” and went so far as to proclaim, “in a disposable society, to repair is to […]

Discard Studies by Josh LepawskyJul 30, 20182:06 pmNovember 29, 2019
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Think you know e-waste?

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland Many of us think we know what electronic waste is because we wonder what to do with devices we no longer […]

Repair by Josh LepawskyDec 15, 202210:48 am

The Last Computer

This is a project I’m calling, ‘The Last Computer’. It boils down to these questions: What if I could not buy another computer? How long can I keep the computers I already have in working […]

Repair by Josh LepawskyJun 14, 20229:59 amJune 14, 2022

New report – electronics repair and maintenance in China

The electronics repair and maintenance sector in China offers significant conservation value when measured in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Under the scenarios we examine the RMC sector avoids between 65 million and 212 […]

Discard Studies by Josh LepawskyMay 9, 20222:56 pmMay 10, 2022
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Pollution release and transfer data

I have a paper published called, “Mapping chemical discardscapes of electronics production” (it’s free to download). It’s about pinpointing what researchers can learn about the electronics sector and the chemicals that are released during the […]

Repair by Josh LepawskyMay 5, 202111:19 amMay 29, 2021
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New Report – Electronics Repair and Maintenance in the European Union

The EU’s electronics repair sector reduces carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 3-10 million tonnes over new manufactures.

Repair by Josh LepawskyOct 28, 202011:07 amOctober 31, 2020

A World of Repair in 2030

A world of 2030 in which repair could be part of the scaffold that builds it is one based not on efficiency, but sufficiency. — Lepawsky (2020)

E-waste by Josh LepawskyOct 28, 202010:39 am
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Sources and streams of electronic waste

Within one or two decades, the mass of electronic devices discarded by consumers could exceed 100 million tons annually. Yet, far more pollution and waste arise “upstream” during the mining for and manufacturing of electronics. […]

Discard Studies by Josh LepawskyApr 23, 20208:32 amOctober 22, 2021
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E-waste, Pollution, and a Sense of Scale

Usually when e-waste is discussed, the story defaults to a post-consumer view of the problem: e-waste is what happens when people (consumers) throwaway their devices. Of course, post-consumer discarding happens but this is actually the […]

Repair by Josh LepawskyApr 22, 20206:33 amOctober 31, 2020

Composing a planet of fixers

Talks by Josh LepawskyApr 18, 20209:11 pmApril 19, 2020

Reassembling Rubbish & Worlding Electronic Waste

A talk by invitation from VIVO Media Arts Centre and hosted at Simon Fraser University.

Repair by Josh LepawskyApr 14, 20203:40 pmApril 17, 2020

When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.

William Gibson, Zero History.

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