The Environmental Impact of Broken Technology

Why do consumers choose to replace their smartphones when they break instead of repairing them?

• Repairs are easy.

• Repairs are difficult.

• Repairs are not possible.

• Repairs are expensive.

What are the negative environmental effects related to the increased consumption of electronics?

• loss of natural resources

• water waste

• water pollution

• soil pollution

What was the first product to have an artificially reduced lifespan?

• iPhones

• electricity

• ventilators

• light bulbs

Based on your own thinking, what are some other technological products that you think have artificially reduced lifespans?

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According to the article, why were ventilators so difficult to repair during the pandemic?

• Only authorized technicians could be consulted by hospitals.

• There were not enough technicians to repair the ventilators.

• The ventilator manufacturers made it difficult to find the repair instructions

• Hackers kept breaking the ventilators after they were repaired.

What does the Right to Repair movement want to stop?

• mining for metals

• consumption

• the use of plastic

• repair instructions

What are the four policy objectives of The Repair Association?

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The _______ opposes the right to repair movement.

Based on the new rules in the U.K., what do technology manufacturers have to provide for consumers?

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Bricks can be used as ______ (store) for energy collected by solar power.