To encourage residents to repair rather than buy an object, Toulouse Métropole has set up a bonus of up to 100 euros to reduce the bill.
Between the end of October and the end of December, 178 inhabitants benefited from it, half having used it to repair Hi-Fi equipment.
This bonus must be used in the répar'acteurs network set up by the Chamber of Trades and Crafts, which has 800 members in Occitania.
Each year, more than a billion pieces of electrical and electronic equipment are put on the market, ie more than 2 million tons of washing machines, televisions and other computers.
When they break down, these devices are collected and then recycled.
But before putting them in the trash, too few people think of having them repaired.
Between 50 and 113 million laptops would thus be unused in France.
Two-thirds of these mobiles that sleep in a drawer are still in working order.
When we know that to produce a mobile phone, it takes 75 kg of resources consumed, we understand the ecological interest of repairing it before buying a new one.
To encourage residents of the Toulouse conurbation to opt for this solution, Toulouse Métropole has set up a “repair” bonus for individuals.
Awarded to households earning less than 35,052 euros per year, this financial aid makes it possible to cover up to 30% of the amount of the repair with a maximum of 100 euros.
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"It allows you to avoid consuming for the sake of consuming, it's a way of helping people to reuse the object and thus avoid producing new waste, reducing it by consuming differently", explains Gnadang Ousmane, president of the “circular economy and waste” commission at Toulouse Métropole.
41 euros on average
This bonus adopted two years ago, but only really deployed since last autumn, was awarded to 178 inhabitants between October 26 and December 31, for an average amount of 41 euros, reimbursed after presentation of the invoice in a two month period.
“In total, 7,350 euros in bonuses were granted during this period.
About 75% of the beneficiaries told us that they had been encouraged to repair thanks to the bonus, this allowed them to pass a course, ”continues the elected official.
Half of this aid was used to repair Hi-Fi equipment, from old record players to ultra-modern speakers.
In 39% of cases, it helped to give a second life to household appliances and in 11% of cases to repair mobile phones.
Bonuses that have generated around 250,000 investments within the Répar'acteurs Occitanie network.
“Facilitate access” to this bonus
“The 800 craftsmen who are members of the network are committed to promoting repairs and thus promoting the reduction of waste.
They are in favor of this type of initiative which encourages repair rather than its renewal", assures Lucien Amoros, the president of the Chamber of trades and crafts of Haute-Garonne, whose approach is accompanied by the 'Ademe.
Anything that can push to replace rather than throw away, Alexandre Isaac, the founder of the Repair Academy, is in favor of it.
Member of the Répar'acteurs network, after giving a second life to smartphones that some thought were good for the trash, this Toulousain decided to train others in all the techniques that make it possible to avoid throwing away.
“Today, a large part of the population thinks twice before changing their phone and we can see that the sale of refurbished phones is increasing every year.
Now, we have to put this premium further, so that everyone can know it, facilitate its access.
Me, it's a client who told me about it”, notes the young entrepreneur.
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