Right to Repair for Pennsylvania
You should be able to fix your phone, laptop and other devices if they break. But too many manufacturers restrict access to the information and parts we need for repairs. We’re working to change that.
Right to repair
We should be able to fix our stuff when it breaks.
We need easy access to the information, tools, resources and third party repair shops it takes to fix our cell phones, appliances, electronics and other equipment. That means working together to get the companies who make our stuff, to give us the right to repair our stuff. When they do, it will be better for the planet, better for our budgets, and things will work the way they are supposed to.
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The environmental benefits of repair
Devices are often replaced because they are too difficult to fix or they are not built to last. Keeping them longer would have enormous environmental benefits.
Repair scores can help fix big concern for people buying tech, appliances
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PIRG’s 2024 highlights
Five highlights of how our advocacy and action in 2024 helped make society healthier, safer and more sustainable, and the marketplace a little more honest and transparent for consumers.
Buy Now!: How to help break the shopping waste cycle
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Where can I dispose of electronic waste in Pennsylvania?
What to do with your old cell phone. laptop, and other electronic waste in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and across Pennsylvania.