RT Bodo Immink
Great - Tackling #eWaste management!
@ICTAuthorityKE, with @giz_gmbh #Kenya support, is building capacity to tackle e-waste management, raising awareness & promoting safe disposal in line with @NemaKenya & @TheWEEECentre regulations for environmental protection and public health!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/bodo_immink/status/1687010037389037568
@c0debabe My mom always checks the reviews by Consumer Reports and got me hooked on doing the same. Love finding out that they are also active advocates for #RightToRepair. We need everyone to fight #eWaste, planned obsolescence, and enshittified product schemes.
A harmonised charging port 🔌 will not only allow consumers to save money but time.
The #EUCommonCharger will help Europeans:
💶 save up to €250 M a year on unnecessary charger purchases
♻️ reduce #eWaste by 980 T yearly
⌛️ save time trying to plug it in right at first attempt
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DigitalEU/status/1681571245400244225
It keeps getting better!🤩
@europarl_en has voted for an #ecodesign law that will force companies to make products that last long and are easy to repair.💯
Find out more here: https://greens.eu/3PR1rBi
#RightToRepair #RepairScore #eWaste #PlannedObsolescence https://t.co/9NTvJ0988m
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreensEFA/status/1679408221906169857
#ecodesign #RightToRepair #RepairScore #eWaste #plannedobsolescence
You can do something to combat #EWaste with #FreeSoftware!
Production accounts for 75+% of a device's #carbon footprint over its operating life.
Software can determine how long a device remains in use.
Lightweight, up-to-date software, free from bloat and ads, keeps less-powerful #hardware running and out of the bin.
Software freedom means hardware freedom.
Donate to #KDE and other #FOSS projects to support #SustainableSoftware.
#eWaste #FreeSoftware #carbon #hardware #KDE #FOSS #sustainablesoftware #KDEEco #OpenSource #sustainability
Sitting in another office waiting for an #ewaste pickup. At least it's an easy Friday.
🤳 Σκεφτήκατε ποτέ τι συμβαίνει στο τηλέφωνό σας μετά από μια αναβάθμιση;
♻️ Ως μέρος του #CircularEconomy, η 🇪🇺 επιχειρεί να μειώσει το #eWaste & να προωθήσει την επαναχρησιμοποίηση & την ανακύκλωση παλαιών συσκευών
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EEAthina/status/1633377044234113024
#CircularEconomy #eWaste #DigitalEU #EUGreenDeal
🤳 Σκεφτήκατε ποτέ τι συμβαίνει στο τηλέφωνό σας μετά από μια αναβάθμιση;
♻️ Ως μέρος του #CircularEconomy, η 🇪🇺 επιχειρεί να μειώσει το #eWaste & να προωθήσει την επαναχρησιμοποίηση & την ανακύκλωση παλαιών συσκευών
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EEAthina/status/1614925461024550912
#CircularEconomy #eWaste #DigitalEU #EUGreenDeal
🤳 Σκεφτήκατε ποτέ τι συμβαίνει στο τηλέφωνό σας μετά από μια αναβάθμιση;
♻️ Ως μέρος του #CircularEconomy, η 🇪🇺 μειώνει το #eWaste & προωθεί την επαναχρησιμοποίηση & την ανακύκλωση παλαιών συσκευών
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EEAthina/status/1607811055090302979
#CircularEconomy #eWaste #EUGreenDeal #DigitalEU
Here is a list of discontinued #eReaders from #Wikipedia.
How many of these devices still work but nonetheless end up as #eWaste?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-readers#Discontinued_models
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource removes user dependency on companies and third parties to continue hardware support. #FOSS empowers communities and makes it possible to have up-to-date and #secure software for devices that might otherwise end up polluting #landfills.
#landfills #secure #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #eWaste #Wikipedia #ereaders
Paper industry has negative environmental effects, e.g., when acids poison waters.
But electronics can be devastating: e-readers include numerous chemicals harmful to health & environment.
Production is resource intensive: e-reader that weighs <200 grams accounts for 15kg materials including non-renewable metals/rare earths, 300L water & 170kg CO2.
And miserable working conditions under which resources extracted in global South and then disposed there as toxic #eWaste.
Source: [1] above.
#KDE already joined 100+ organizations supporting a right to install any #software on any device. Now I and others are signing the #OpenLetter to show our support too.
Join us! https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html
Let's fight the #eWaste 'tsunami' with over 4500 Eiffel towers worth generated a year (see comment).
With this right, millions of devices can stay in use and out of landfills and new devices aren't produced & shipped unnecessarily!
#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #EWWR #FreeSoftware #KDEEco #Ecology
#ecology #KDEEco #FreeSoftware #ewwr #RightToRepair #ecoDesign #eWaste #openletter #software #KDE
RT @alexagiussaliba: #UniveralCharger is finally a legislation. All procedural formalities are now over - EU Consumers & Enviornment can now benefit from having less fragmentation, less useless #chargers and less #ewaste
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TheProgressives/status/1595682384682393601
#UniveralCharger #chargers #eWaste
RT @tecdr: My latest @Irish_TechNews #podcast with @alexagiussaliba @EU_Commission @fionnualc
@EP_SingleMarket #tech #legislation #sustainability #CommonCharger #ewaste #innovation #USBtypeC
https://t.co/faQwEaguc0
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EPinIreland/status/1585170382847635457
#podcast #tech #Legislation #sustainability #Commoncharger #eWaste #innovation #USBTypeC
Face à l'↗️ rapide des déchets 📱💻en 🇪🇺, aidez-nous à évaluer la Directive sur les déchets d’équipements électriques & électroniques.♻️
Ces règles sont-elles toujours adaptées? Doivent-elle être simplifiées?
#EUHaveYourSay 👉https://europa.eu/!8PF8hw
#EUHaveYourSay #EconomieCirculaire #eWaste
Did you know precious metals such as gold 🪙 can be found in #EWaste?
It’s vital to recycle e-waste to recover these metals and achieve a #CircularEconomy. But the process uses large amounts of #energy 🔋.
Researchers propose a new efficient system ⬇
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/e-waste-chemical-processing-without-heat-may-offer-efficient-method-recovering-metals-end-life-2022-10-12_en
#eWaste #CircularEconomy #energy
RT @SfEP: Did you know precious metals such as gold 🪙 can be found in #EWaste?
It’s vital to recycle e-waste to recover these metals and achieve a #CircularEconomy. But the process uses large amounts of #energy 🔋.
Researchers propose a new efficient system ⬇
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/e-waste-chemical-processing-without-heat-may-offer-efficient-method-recovering-metals-end-life-2022-10-12_en
#eWaste #CircularEconomy #energy
🤳 Σκεφτήκατε ποτέ τι συμβαίνει στο τηλέφωνό σας μετά από μια αναβάθμιση;
♻️ Ως μέρος του #CircularEconomy, η 🇪🇺 επιχειρεί να μειώσει το #eWaste & να προωθήσει την επαναχρησιμοποίηση & την ανακύκλωση παλαιών συσκευών
#CircularEconomy #eWaste #DigitalEU #EUGreenDeal
🔌 One single charger to rule them all!
🇪🇺 The @EU_Commission is pulling the plug on consumer frustration & #eWaste with the new #CommonCharger for electronic devices 📲
Learn more about the benefits 👇
#eWaste #Commoncharger #DigitalEUDiary
🤳 Σκεφτήκατε ποτέ τι συμβαίνει στο τηλέφωνό σας μετά από μια αναβάθμιση;
♻️ Ως μέρος του #CircularEconomy, η 🇪🇺 επιχειρεί να μειώσει το #eWaste & να προωθήσει την επαναχρησιμοποίηση & την ανακύκλωση παλαιών συσκευών
#CircularEconomy #eWaste #EUGreenDeal #DigitalEU