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Samsung among High-end cellphone makers cutting out accessories to curb e-waste menace

In a move to minimize electronic waste that is ravaging the world, Samsung is changing packaging of new devices to exclude traditionally freely available accessories such as charging adapters and earphone sets.
The increasing accumulation of electronic waste (e-waste) across the globe has become a concern for environmentalists and tech stakeholders, prompting a campaign to minimise production of unnecessary electronic equipment such as earphones.
A recent study by the International Telecommunications Union found that e-waste was an even bigger problem in the East Africa due to “limited recycling infrastructure.


High-end cellphone makers cut out accessories to curb e-waste menace

High-end cellphone makers cut out accessories to curb e-waste menace

E-waste is old earphones, charging cables, broken phones, old computer parts, adapters, batteries, phone parts, and other electronic material that no longer work.

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/phone-makers-cut-out-accessories-to-curb-e-waste-menace-4626886





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