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Warranties on products in Australia are discouraging people from seeking out repairs and should explicitly state which rights people have under law, consumer group Choice has said.
The Productivity Commission is reviewing the right to repair in Australia, and last month released a draft report outlining proposed changes to make it easier for Australians to get products repaired.
The commission proposed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) should provide a minimum expected durability rating for products â such as TVs, washing machines and other household products â to give consumers an idea for how long they will last and which rights they might have under Australian consumer law to get the product repaired or replaced.
By Matt Hopkins
Published June 28, 2021
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These days technology seems to move so fast that a shiny new gadget becomes obsolete in the time it takes you to unbox it. It’s incredibly annoying, sure, but it also leads to an excess of tech waste that, if thrown in the regular old trash, is harmful to the environment because of all the toxic stuff inside it. So how the fuck do you get rid of it?
The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for the Environment
The Hon Trevor Evans MP, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management
The Morrison Government is taking its investment in product stewardship to close to $15 million and will now see a million sports shoes a year diverted from landfill, 200 tonnes of golf clubs recycled as well as industrial tyres and commercial furniture.
Four new schemes join a range of organisations represented at the launch of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence at Parliament House on Monday night.
In just one of the newly funded schemes, a national pilot will see around 220 collection sites take in 200 tonnes of golf clubs, 10,000 basket balls and 700,000 tennis balls – usually destined for bins and landfill.