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Guest blog: Fairphone’s role in the circular economy
All 31 October 2016
Editor’s Note: Early this year, Fairphone was approached about participating in a short documentary about the circular economy. We were honored to be involved and very impressed with the end result, so we’ve asked filmmaker Ed Scott-Clarke to share a bit more about the background behind his film. Want ...
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Fairphone 2 is first smartphone to receive Blue Angel certification
All 24 October 2016
I’m very proud to share some good news: the Fairphone 2 has now received the Blue Angel certification. With this distinction, our phone joins more than 12,000 products and services that have been singled out for aspiring to better environmental standards. But what’s even more remarkable is the fact ...
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Closing the Loop: The garbage collectors of the mobile industry
Reuse and Recycling 14 July 2016
Tons of mobile phones are thrown away every year, in part because we replace them so frequently. Much of this electronic waste (e-waste) ends up in countries with unsafe and unregulated recycling practices, contributing to health and environmental problems. At Fairphone, our aim is to improve the entire lifecycle of ...
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How we’re tackling e-waste with the Fairphone 2
Reuse and Recycling 25 February 2016
With the launch of the new Fairphone 2, the phone itself has gained significant attention for a few of the groundbreaking features that make it more ethical — especially the modular construction and replaceable parts. But these design decisions are just one part of a bigger story: our ambitions ...
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Guest blog. iFixit on Fairphone 2: The first truly smart smartphone
Reuse and Recycling 18 November 2015
Editor’s Note: This week we hear from Matthias Huisken, the Director of iFixit Europe. iFixit is a global online repair community renowned for open source repair manuals and product teardowns. At iFixit, we’ve taken apart close to a thousand mobile phones. Here’s one that’s truly different, finally. It does not ...
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Guest blog: Moving Fairphone closer to a circular economy, research and recommendations
Reuse and Recycling 05 August 2015
Earlier this year, I started working with Fairphone to follow up on the research that Merve Guvendik did on Fairphone’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental impact, as part of my research with Circle Economy. Fairphone’s goal in the area of lifecycle is to apply the theory of the circular ...
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Guest blog: Latest news on Ghana e-waste collection program
Reuse and Recycling 26 March 2015
To refresh your memory, Closing the Loop partnered with Fairphone early in 2013 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in Africa. We’ve started by collecting scrap phones in the surrounding Accra area of Ghana, which includes Agbogbloshie, one of the most toxic e-waste ...
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Examining the Fairphone’s environmental impact
Reuse and Recycling 22 January 2015
Nearly a year ago, I first came to the Fairphone office ready to start my role as a research assistant and dig deeper into the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) work started by my predecessor Artúr Szilágyi. In the meantime, I’ve learned more than I ever anticipated about the first ...
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Guest Blog: Collecting 75,000 scrap phones in Ghana
Reuse and Recycling 21 August 2014
At five o’clock in the morning of 24 July, I got on the flight out of Accra, Ghana back to Amsterdam. Being up that early gave me some time to write this update for you all in the Fairphone community about our exciting progress. So what was I doing in ...
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