EU Parliament adopts new draft legislation, dictating manufacturers of smartphones that batteries must be designed so that consumers and independent operators can easily and safely remove them themselves by 2024
EU Parliament adopts new draft legislation, dictating manufacturers of smartphones that batteries must be designed so that consumers and independent operators can easily and safely remove them themselves by 2024
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“The draft proposal was first agreed in The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), on 10 February, 2022. The grounding idea at the heart of this new push is that rules will govern the entire battery product life cycle, enabling a more climate-friendly waste management process.
Now, there is a unanimous consensus in European Parliament that entire life cycle management will enable the realisation of the EU Green Deal.
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The legislation on battery regulation also says that there should be stronger requirements on sustainability, performance and labelling. This would include the introduction of a new category of “batteries for ‘light means of transport’ (LMT)” – such as electric scooters and bikes, and rules on a carbon footprint declaration and label.
It is expected that by 2024, portable batteries found in smartphones will be designed to be easily removed. MEPS say would allow consumers and supply chains to dispose of them in a more climate-friendly way, rather than sending an entire iPhone to a landfill site.
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The industry behind batteries should also comply fully with human rights obligations, especially when it comes to the sourcing, processing and trading of raw materials – concentrated in a handful of countries. The MEPS say that the legislation on battery regulation would compel supply chains and Governments to carry out their due diligence before engaging.”
ha, get fucked apple
I hope it also includes changing it too because just removing doesn’t help if it’s some unique proprietary design.
Beat you to it, I deliberately held back on upgrading my phone so I never had to use a model with a fixed battery. XCover Pro has everything, still including microSD slot and a headphone socket.
Almost like all that crap where you tried to take all the decent things I wanted in a phone away from me actually worked against you and you’ll now be forced to make that the norm.
Fixed batteries, and cases you can’t open, are just landfill-magnets. A stupid idea now going to die.
good