{"id":4477,"date":"2022-01-24T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/can-they-fix-it-uk-project-to-explore-ability-and-desire-to-repair-tech\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:36:03","slug":"can-they-fix-it-uk-project-to-explore-ability-and-desire-to-repair-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/can-they-fix-it-uk-project-to-explore-ability-and-desire-to-repair-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Can they fix it? UK project to explore ability and desire to repair tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Experts aim to find out whether there are hotspots around country where electronic waste is avoided<\/p>\n<p>From fancy toys to smartphones, when technology breaks, it often seems simplest to ditch it for a new model.<\/p>\n<p>But now experts are hoping to challenge the status quo, launching a citizen science project to explore attitudes to repair, and pinpoint parts of the UK where the mending mindset is thriving.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/23\/right-to-repair-uk-tech-electronic-waste\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4af13fbee58e29226a7b128b201fe72c7fe5c2ae\/0_254_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1530202bda9be37c535136cca7b291ee\" title=\"Can they fix it? UK project to explore ability and desire to repair tech\" \/>Exclusive: Experts aim to find out whether there are hotspots around country where electronic waste is avoided<br \/>\nFrom fancy toys to smartphones, when technology breaks, it often seems simplest to ditch it for a new model.<br \/>\nBut now experts are hoping to challenge the status quo, launching a citizen science project to explore attitudes to repair, and pinpoint parts of the UK where the mending mindset is thriving. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Experts aim to find out whether there are hotspots around country where electronic waste is avoided From fancy toys to smartphones, when technology breaks, it often seems simplest to ditch it for a new model. But now experts are hoping to challenge the status quo, launching a citizen science project to explore attitudes to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/can-they-fix-it-uk-project-to-explore-ability-and-desire-to-repair-tech\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can they fix it? UK project to explore ability and desire to repair tech<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}