Brussels, Belgium (AFP) The EU’s executive arm proposed new rules on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to allow customers to have broken products repaired, in a bid to cut the number thrown out. The EU estimates that the number of viable products, such as dishwashers, televisions and mobile phones, binned prematurely in the bloc each year result in 35 million tonnes of waste. Buying replacements costs consumers 12 billion euros annually. Under the proposals — […]