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Drastic action needs to be taken to encourage businesses to repair devices rather than replacing them to help boost the UK economy writes Adam Whitehouse founder of TMT First, the Staffordshire provider of technology lifecycle services. Whoever is in power needs to encourage people to get devices repaired – they need to make it easier
Holding onto a mobile phone for an extra year can reduce the carbon footprint of manufacturing a replacement by 24kg Co2 per person writes Gavin Miller, CEO, of Asurion Europe Consumers increasingly prioritise sustainability when buying or replacing products. A 2023 consumer survey revealed rising adoption of behaviours like buying second-hand items, investing in longer-lasting
Man with a van will do door-to-door e-waste collections
UK could produce around 55,000 tonnes of e-waste garbage by 2030
Funds will be offered to organisations that can show innovative ways to improve e-waste collections and recycling
The UK is known to produce the most electrical waste, and as per the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) forum’s global report, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be thrown away this year and e-waste will grow to 74 million tonnes a year by 2030
Turning precious metals into revenue
Most corporate e-waste to be redesigned, recycled or re-used under this programme
With estimates that the level of e-waste outweighed the Great Wall of China in 2021 alone, the growing refurbished sector is pushing to increase awareness among users of the need for behavioural change
Uswitch.com is calling on broadband providers to make it easier for customers to recycle unused routers, and to offer a service for customers to return old routers