A two-panel data visualization titled "Repair Isn't the Problem — The System Is." The left panel is a scatter plot showing product categories by median repairability score (x-axis, 1–10) versus percentage successfully repaired (y-axis, 0–100%). A shaded amber region marks the "system constraint" zone — categories rated easy to fix (score ≥6) but repaired less than 50% of the time. Two rust-colored points, Computer Equipment/Phones and Display and Sound Equipment, fall in this zone near the 50% threshold. Slate-colored points for Textiles and Tools Non-Electric sit above 85% success despite similar repairability scores. The right panel is a horizontal bar chart showing the share of recorded failure reasons. "Spare parts unavailable" dominates at 65% (rust bar), followed by "Failure unidentified" at 26% and "Insufficient time" at 9% (gray bars). Together, the panels show that repair failure is driven by systemic constraints — primarily missing parts — rather than by volunteer skill or product difficulty. Data source: Repair Monitor (repaircafes.org).
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