# How we measure the impact of repair

STILL METHODOLOGY · VERSION 1.0

Counting repairs is not enough. Our methodology looks at what really changes when a garment stays in use.

Clear data. Visible assumptions. No exaggerated results.
More life for what already matters to you.

[Still methodology, version 1.0 (PDF in Spanish)](https://still.lytta.io/docs/metodologia-still-v1-0.pdf)

## A repair is activity. Impact is what happens afterwards.

Repair → Use again → Extend its life → Displace a purchase → Reduce impact
This relationship is not automatic. That is why the methodology considers the counterfactual scenario.

## What we measure

### Products kept in use

Repaired garments that can be used again.

### Material kept in use

Kilograms of repaired textile products, without automatically calling them avoided waste.

### New purchases displaced

New purchases that reasonably do not happen thanks to the repair.

### Repair economy

Work, hours and income generated for professionals and workshops.


## The question that changes the calculation.

THE COUNTERFACTUAL
If you had not been able to repair this item, what would you have done?
- Buy a new one
- Buy second-hand
- Repair it another way
- Keep using it without repair
- Stop using it
Examples of alternatives: the answer determines which impact we can attribute and which we cannot.

## Not all data means the same thing.

- A · Verified: Observed or confirmed data.
- B · Measured: Information obtained from Still users and operations.
- C · Estimated: External references and industry factors.
Our aim is to progressively replace estimates with our own verified data.

## How we calculate potentially avoided emissions

Impact of the displaced new product − (Repair + logistics + materials + packaging) = Potentially avoided CO₂e
This estimate only makes sense when there is a reasonable basis to consider that a new purchase has been displaced.

## We prefer a cautious figure to a spectacular one.

- We do not count several purchases for the same garment.
- We do not present external estimates as our own data.
- We do not confuse avoided emissions with our footprint.
Change is stitched too.

## A system that learns from every repair

- What is repaired
- How much it weighs
- Which materials it needs
- What the user would have done
- How long it stays in use
- Which work it generates
These are the data the methodology proposes collecting to improve the model and move towards measurement based on real behaviour.

## We repair what matters. We measure what changes.

Explore the full methodology and its sources.
Same story. More future.
[Still methodology, version 1.0 (PDF in Spanish)](https://still.lytta.io/docs/metodologia-still-v1-0.pdf)
[Assess your repair](https://still.lytta.io/repair?locale=en)

## Other common repairs

- [Shorten trousers or jeans](https://still.lytta.io/arreglar-bajo-pantalon?locale=en)
- [Replace a broken zip](https://still.lytta.io/cambiar-cremallera?locale=en)
- [Repair a hole or tear in clothing](https://still.lytta.io/reparar-agujero-ropa?locale=en)
- [Repair an open or broken seam](https://still.lytta.io/arreglar-costura-ropa?locale=en)

[Get a repair quote](https://still.lytta.io/repair?locale=en)

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