Ecosurety funded mobile e-waste project releases blueprint impact report

Promising results

Results from the Fixy pilot scheme, which ran from May to December 2022, showed promising outcomes. The number of repair groups in Somerset increased by 19%, with other areas showing interest.

Fixy spoke to nearly 2,800 people across 81 events, with 83% saying they felt ‘very or quite committed’ to repair activities going forwards since encountering Fixy.

68% said they were ‘more likely’ to buy refurbished or second-hand items, and 61% said they ‘felt better informed’ about where and how to get items repaired.

The Fixy van also collects unwanted smart tech and during the pilot period, aided the donation of 1,433 items of smart tech weighing 3,665kg.

2022-23 impact report released

The Fixy project’s 2022-23 Impact Report shares results from its pilot and includes set-up details, project costs, learnings, and best practice concepts. The report includes tips for those with lower or no budget availability, in the hope that the Fixy pilot will help others develop and enhance electrical repair and reuse initiatives in new areas.

Alongside its core work of raising awareness, supporting repair groups, and running technology amnesties, Fixy is now looking to pilot new initiatives to build continued learning. Bringing electrical repair and reuse to younger Somerset audiences through apprenticeships and electrical skills training and increasing access to and engagement with electrical repair and reuse for those living in flatted properties are some of the activities being considered.

Julie Searle, Strategy Officer at Somerset Council, said: “Working in partnership was key to Fixy’s success, enabling us to share knowledge, tasks, networks, and resources to maximise our impact and reach. This shared approach helped us build robust routes to capture and measure impact, increase community repair group activity occurring across Somerset, and give us a range of wonderful stories to bring the tangible impacts of repair and reuse to life.”

Ecosurety will join project partners Resource Futures and Somerset Council to share their learnings in a webinar – Making repair an everyday decision: learnings from the Fixy project – on Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 13:30pm. Sign up for your free place.

You can access the full 2022-23 Fixy impact report by clicking here.