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Practical repair guides and plain-English tech advice from our Lewes workshop — with local context and statistics you can check.
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~65–75%
Laptop climate impact locked in at manufacture — extending life cuts that footprint
22.3%
Share of global e-waste formally recycled in 2022 (GEM 2024) — reuse beats scrap
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District climate emergency / net-zero context — local repair is practical climate action
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