The UK is the world’s second top producer of e-waste per person and is expected to take the top spot this year – how can we fix this?
Repair a laptop, fix the system.
The Restart Project helps people learn how to repair their broken electronics, and rethink how they consume them in the first place.
Learn more about usRepair events
You’re invited to a Restart Party!
Participate in a free community repair event, where volunteer fixers will help you learn how to repair your broken or slow devices - and tackle the growing mountain of e-waste.
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Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Cosham Baptist Church
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Bristol, United Kingdom
St Cuthberts Church Crypt
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Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Chesterfield
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Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Tideswell, Derbyshire
Latest News
Keep up to date with our latest news from community repair and the right to repair.
Starting a Student Repair Revolution
Learn about our progress in supporting the establishment of repair initiatives in universities across the UK, a project in partnership with the Community Repair Network.
TEDx talk: from community repair to a universal Right to Repair
Watch our recent TEDx Talk on the importance of repair communities in raising awareness and documenting repair barriers, and pushing for system change.
Our Campaigns
Community
Restart is a people-powered project. Together with our growing network, we run community repair events around the world and use the stories we collect to help demand better, more sustainable products for all.
devices fixed
hours volunteered
kg waste prevented
kg CO2 prevented
Restarters Community
Our platform brings together community repairers, organisers and activists. Together we publicise events, log repairs, measure our environmental impact and talk about all things community repair.
Our insights
We collect data on repair from our community events and we use the data to provide insights into the devices we see.