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Last updated: July 11th, 2019 at 19:49 UTC+02:00
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The initiative should help stimulating local economies in Africa and aims to clean up the landscape and raise awareness. Therefore, every Galaxy S10e purchased through T-Mobile Netherlands will guarantee the recycling of a scrap phone from African countries where e-waste is a growing issue. The program promotes circularity and responsible consumption and production of electronics.
According to research cited by Closing the Loop, only 25 percent of phones that have been decommissioned in 2018 have been properly recycled. This means that e-waste landfills are accommodating roughly 1.5 billion scrap phones. The number will likely grow as we continue to swap our phones on a regular basis unless something can be done to promote the idea of circularity and proper recycling.
Evidently, buying one Galaxy S10e as a sole customer in the Netherlands probably won’t save the world or solve the e-waste landfill problems, but perhaps there is some satisfaction to be had, knowing that your purchase has made a small contribution towards the concept of circularity.
More importantly, the numbers will add up and the positive impact might be felt in the long run. Likewise, bigger corporations who may want to get more in the green could also benefit from the program. They would inherently make larger phone purchases which would result in more scrap phones being recycled. And, of course, this could benefit Samsung as well, if said companies decide to buy the Galaxy S10e en masse.
The Dutch government appears to be in favor of the program too. Moving forward, all civil servants will have material-neutral phones like the Galaxy S10e. Alternatively, they will be compensated at the purchase of a new phone via T-Mobile by recycling a scrap phone themselves.
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Mihai is a blogger and column writer at SamMobile. His first Samsung phone was an A800 which took a lot of beating, and a part of him still misses the novelty of the clamshell design. In his free time, he enjoys watching shows, documentaries, and stand-up comedy; listening to music, taking walks, and occasionally playing old(er) video games.
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