*[Enwl-eng] The reason it's so expensive to repair electronics is actually quite sinister

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            It's so hard to repair our electronics because these companies just want us to keep buying more, no matter how full the world's landfills get! 
                     
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                  Apple, Samsung, Huawei are among just a few companies that are phasing out non-essential plastic in electronics and mobile phones in favor of bioplastics and recyclable materials like paper and cardboard. Yet, the electronics industry is still responsible for a massive amount of waste — especially because it is so hard and expensive to repair our electronic goods in order to keep using them. That's because these corporations' business model is simple: keep us buying more (and newer) products. But as we buy new, instead of repairing the old, landfills are filling up with this e-waste. 

                  In 2019, the U.S. created a massive 59 million tons of e-waste, much of which was then shipped to developing countries, making people sick and poisoning local plant and animal life. But massive tech companies have the power to make their products last longer and make repairing them easier so that fewer overall are going to landfills. It's time that they put our environment's health above their profits before our e-waste problem turns into a full-blown crisis. Sign the petition to demand that electronics makers create an industry-wide agreement that puts the "right to repair" as a cornerstone of their sustainability policy. 

                  Thank you, 

                         Lauren W.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team 
                       
                           

                  P.S. Tech companies need to start putting the health of our environment above their profits. Sign the petition today. 
                  
                    
           
     




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From: Lauren W., Care2 Action Alerts 
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 7:06 PM
Subject: The reason it's so expensive to repair electronics is actually quite sinister







  
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