I take pride in repairing everything at home, and god I hate how hard they try to stop me.
The hypocrisy of our societies that want us to consume "ecology products" and associated marketing infuriates me. Just stop buying things!
Thus, our new slogan. "Buy Green!"
To do better by the environment, first you REDUCE what you take from it; in our society, this means don't buy things unless you really need. If you have to acquire something, REUSE it as much as possible. Repurpose, mend, repair. Only when you've practiced both of those fully and you no longer need the object should you try to RECYCLE.
Recycling is literally the third best thing you can do can do to minimize your impact. It's also the first least-worst thing you can do for the environment.
Like right now I'm looking for a carpet cleaner that works as well as a professional model (or the professional model). Consumer models just seem flawed. In particular, even when they are meant to vacuum wet things, they internal that end up wet aren't cleanable. So I end up with internal mold and the suggestion that I clean it out with a wire. Disassembly instructions are multiple pages long, and still present the problem of cleaning curved plastic pipes.
I just to buy the same thing I can hire someone to use that will clean up after 3 dogs, and can itself be cleaned.
bikes work because they are cheap, and you could change any part with a standardised spare in under 30 minutes and keep going.
Nowadays for ebikes ? brands like Shimano have "generations" of motors, each going with specific batteries (with baka yoke features and no other engineering), crankset, tooling, and accessories, so that you have to buy a whole new bike for every defect when they stop making parts.
I won't be getting a new ebike, I'll convert a conventional bike next time.
This industry is shooting themselves in the foot for short term profits.
And the different gen batteries even look and fit the same, the first time you figure there is something fishy going on when you try to insert your old spare battery is when you try to turn the thing on!
E-bikes really need open standard interfaces for components. (Feel free to have multiple, and even a way to propose new ones, as long as they are open) Regulators, please step up.