We live in consumer society, we are not able to repair many everyday items we use, but instead buy more new and trendy ones every year while old things end up on a landfill. Many of us do not even know the concept of repairing. This is why waste has become one of the many major environmental problems that we cause leading to carbon emission, water pollution, land contamination to mention a few.
But the new sustainable ideas are now reaching markets, and surprisingly enough – IT designers. In this article the Dutch company “Fairphone makes Android smartphones which can easily be exchanged, customised and repaired by their owners.” Van Abel, Fairphone CEO demonstrates how with the aid of a screwdriver one can change faulty components like a micro-camera.
This is such a step forward towards circular economy, while most of us are still changing our mobiles every 18 months for ever more fancy models that come as sealed units with an insurance ban preventing us from carrying out repairs (unless they are prohibitively expensive). But perhaps it is time to own your pre-loved mobile phone which can last many years?
