Ugo

Vallauri

Ugo

Vallauri

Ugo

Ugo Vallauri

INTERVIEW

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HackSpace magazine meets...

ost people who like

making things also like

to take things apart. We

love to see how things

work, and the best way to

do that is to break them,

then put them back together again. It’s

like a puzzle game, but one in which you

win a prize of an ‘extra’ nut or bolt.

However, this simple joy is at risk

of being extinguished. Appliance

manufacturers all too often use hard-

to-find screws, or glue things together,

meaning that it’s getting harder to fix the

things that you own. And in some cases,

you’re not even legally allowed to fix your

own stuff.

Thankfully, there are a number of

organisations fighting against this rising

tide of waste, ignorance, and restriction,

including the Restart Project, a London-

based organisation campaigning in the

UK and Europe to protect our right to

repair. We spoke to Restart’s co-founder,

Ugo Vallauri, about the green economy,

recycling, and why it’s essential that

we have the freedom to repair the stuff

we own.

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Ugo Vallauri

Focusing on openness in the repair economy

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Two advocates for

re-use and recycling,

at the 9estart oMfiJe in

Brixton, London