The Solution to Our E-Waste Problem? Repair, Don’t Waste

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The Solution to Our E-Waste Problem? Repair, Don’t Waste
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The cost of repairing a circuit board is about 10% of buying a new one, so why are we throwing them away so easily? 🤔

The risk from counterfeit components has never been higher.

It’s hard enough to hire and retain good technicians. Giving them the wrong tools for the job makes the work more stressful. It’s a formula for motivating the best technicians to be the first to leave for a better position.In 2015, an international movement called “Repair, don’t waste” founded by that company I work for, ABI Electronics, was created to emphasize the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of repair over replacement.

Collins Aerospace, a division of Raytheon Technologies, is not just repairing their own manufacturing systems. They have contracts to repair the electronics from an array of military aircraft and the commercial airliners of more than 90 of the world’s airlines.

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