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Rethinking plastic waste
Reuse and Recycling 19 juillet 2019
Here at Fairphone, we envision a circular economy, where resources are used and reused in an infinite loop. So we’re examining every step of our phone’s life cycle and finding ways to make improvements. Sometimes the best ideas require you to think outside the box and that’s exactly what ...
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Urban mining: Digging for treasure in your old phone
Reuse and Recycling 28 juin 2019
Whether your phone is a Fairphone or not, there’s no escaping the fact that all of our smartphones have a deep social and environmental impact. There are over 30 non-renewable minerals nestled behind that screen in your hand, each one with its own complicated history, from mine to factory ...
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Digging into the recycled material chains
News 26 avril 2018
Updated 25 July 2018: We have now finished the final scope of this research, which you can find here. If you’re part of this industry, find the scope interesting and would like to participate either sponsoring or developing the research, please contact us at research@fairphone.com. We are happy to announce that ...
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Your old phone is calling – it wants a new life
Reuse and Recycling 15 janvier 2018
Many of us, (around 400 million, by the third quarter of 2017) have a brand new phone that we’re getting to know, and an old phone, our constant companion for the last 1.7 years, who’s about to disappear into the messy drawer we all have. You know what we ...
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Examining the environmental footprint of electronics recycling
Reuse and Recycling 08 août 2017
As part of our mission to change how products are made, we’re taking a closer look at how to make the most of the materials in our phones when they reach the end of their useful lives. As you might suspect, recycling is a big part of the answer. ...
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Collecting used phones, from Africa to Europe
Reuse and Recycling 01 août 2017
If you’ve been keeping an eye on our blog lately, you might be noticing a theme – we’re really interested in electronics recycling! In earlier posts we shared the results of our research on the best available options for recycling smartphones, especially in terms of recovered materials. Plus, soon ...
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A quel point le Fairphone 2 est-il recyclable?
Reuse and Recycling 15 mars 2017
Cet article a été traduit de l’anglais par Victor Liautaud, de l’association Loweee. Depuis l’aube de l’ère industrielle jusqu’à aujourd’hui, la majorité de nos produits ont été créés selon les principes d’une économie linéaire: nous trouvons des ressources, fabriquons un produit, puis nous en disposons quand nous en avons fini. ...
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How sustainable is the Fairphone 2?
Long-Lasting Design 17 novembre 2016
By combining modular architecture with spare parts and easy repairs, we designed the Fairphone 2 to last longer than the average smartphone. And logically, a longer-lasting phone should have a lower environmental impact than one that’s replaced every year or two, right? Well, that’s what we hoped, but we ...
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Guest blog: Fairphone’s role in the circular economy
Non classifié(e) 31 octobre 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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