Proximus : How the mobile industry can increase the circularity of mobile devices - Marketscreener.com

Ahead of COP27, the GSMA, the planetary enactment representing mobile operators and organisations, published a new, long-term vision connected the mode the mobile manufacture tin summation the circularity of its proviso and manufacturing chains for mobile devices.

The mobile manufacture is making existent advancement connected circularity, but overmuch remains to beryllium done to trim the biology interaction of mobile devices.

Regarding the beingness rhythm of a mobile phone, the bulk of the biology interaction - astir 80% - lies successful its manufacture. Over 50 antithetic materials tin presently beryllium recovered successful an mean smartphone, including plastics, ceramics, uncommon metals, copper and silicon. Mining for these materials tin origin antagonistic biology and societal impacts. Manufacturing and assembly besides lend to greenhouse state emissions from fossil substance use.

Whilst the GSMA's imaginativeness lays retired a aboriginal pathway towards existent circularity, progress is already being made by mobile operators. In this context, the study mentions the initiatives Proximus is taking to go a genuinely circular institution by 2030.

Proximus focuses connected further developing its circular concern models, some for fixed and mobile devices. For its mobile devices, Proximus collects aged mobile phones successful bid to person them refurbished oregon recycled. Refurbished smartphones are enactment up for sale. Mobile phones that tin nary longer beryllium utilized are recycled by partners Umicore, Recupel, Out of usage and Brainscape. Since September 2021, the Proximus shops and online store connection customers refurbished smartphones arsenic an alternate to caller devices. These devices are thoroughly checked and are sold with a two-year warranty, conscionable similar caller mobile phones.

In the insubstantial the GSMA besides emphasizes the value of engaging each elements of the proviso chain to thrust a step-change successful the circularity of the mobile instrumentality marketplace - from operators to suppliers, manufacturers to consumers, repairers to recyclers. All person a relation to play.

As an progressive subordinate of GSMA, Proximus endorses GSMA's imaginativeness of a aboriginal wherever devices person arsenic agelong a beingness arsenic possible, wherever they are made with 100% recyclable and recycled contented utilizing 100% renewable vigor and wherever nary instrumentality ends up arsenic waste.

Read the full Strategy Paper here

• Source: GSMA GSMA PUBLISHES VISION FOR A 'CIRCULAR ECONOMY' OF MOBILE DEVICES, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-publishes-vision-for-a-circular-economy-of-mobile-devices/, (09/11/2022; 02/11/2022)

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