Pioneer in the fight against household appliance waste, the start-up Spareka launches the indicereparabilite.fr platform which brings together all the repairability indices and allows them to be compared and found during a first failure.
Defending the right to reparation, Spareka's vocation is to enable the French to repair themselves. Repair tutorials, online fault diagnostics, helps repair in vision : more than 500,000 people per year self-repair their objects for less than 30 euros on the spareka.fr website. It is now launching a platform dedicated to repairability indices, the new measure of the anti-waste law for a circular economy which has just entered into force. Since January 1, the repairability index badge is indeed mandatory on front-loading washing machines, laptops, televisions, smartphones and mowers on sale in France. The repairability index is a guide. In the form of a macaroon with a rating out of ten, the information allows consumers to make a more informed choice when making a purchase. The score is calculated by the manufacturer according to official grids defined by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Ademe. The index is then affixed to the devices by the distributor when they are put on the shelves. Since then, a good repairability score becomes a buying argument for the consumer.
Five rating criteria
But it's only a few years after the purchase, during the first outage out of warranty, that consumers will have to refer to the index to find out how to repair their device. He will then need to consult the score in detail and learn about the five scoring criteria, to know : the price and availability of parts, the dismantling of the device (tools required and number of disassembly steps), availability of technical documents, to which is added a fifth different criterion depending on the product category. for example, if the consumer has chosen a product because its spare parts are sold at low prices and available for a long time, he will expect to be able to repair cheaply, for years. The repairability index therefore has a first impact at the time of purchase and a second impact at the time of failure on the repair of the product. To ensure that the index is sustainable and that brands keep their promises over time, we must therefore be able to meet, stocker, and make the repairability index scores accessible.
The visibility of the index
It is for this purpose, to consult, compare and find the repairability notes for devices purchased in France, that Spareka launches its indicereparabilite.fr platform. "The visibility of the index is our first concern. Quickly, we understood that storing this data would make it easier to access over time. This platform allows you to compare the indices with each other in detail to choose according to the criterion that is most important to your heart.. It also gives the opportunity to citizens or associations to verify the veracity and the correct application of the promises of the manufacturers "explains Etienne Curati, in charge of platform development at Spareka. As if to echo the French repairability index, the European Parliament adopted the Right to Repair of electronic products at the end of November. The text in question has no legal value for the moment, but it means that MEPs are asking the European Commission to work on new measures promoting the repair and reuse of devices in Europe. By being a pioneer with the anti-waste law, France hopes to inspire European work.
