There are around 700 million unused phones in EU homes.
That’s nearly two devices for every single person.
By disposing of them properly, we can:
🔸Reuse lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements
🔸Reduce our reliance on imports
🔸Increase our resilience against global market disruptions
The EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan wants to make repairable design the norm, as a vital step toward reducing e-waste.
@EUCommission There's nothing "circular" about it, if we keep on buying more and more of everything year after year. The first rule to be circular is to stop growing. Circles have a constant radius.