> If you want to sell this bill, show voters how it will impact their
wallets.
I hear you, but the sad thing is the financial impact isn't really
that compelling. That's because waste is effectively subsidised.
Carriers will be happy to push a new handset on customers every 18
months and just absorb that in the contract fees. Repair is expensive
(time consuming) in comparison. And of course they have stacked the
services and tariffs to make owning older gear less attractive.
> The average person has spent about zero seconds in their life
thinking about e-waste.
I'm about to find our a lot more about that as some research students
are looking at e-waste solutions and their first stage is interviewing
people on their gadget recycling habits. I reckon the average person
does think about it, but has no information or guidance at present.
Hopefully we can change that.
I hear you, but the sad thing is the financial impact isn't really that compelling. That's because waste is effectively subsidised. Carriers will be happy to push a new handset on customers every 18 months and just absorb that in the contract fees. Repair is expensive (time consuming) in comparison. And of course they have stacked the services and tariffs to make owning older gear less attractive.
> The average person has spent about zero seconds in their life thinking about e-waste.
I'm about to find our a lot more about that as some research students are looking at e-waste solutions and their first stage is interviewing people on their gadget recycling habits. I reckon the average person does think about it, but has no information or guidance at present. Hopefully we can change that.