EU Want To Bring Back Replaceable Battery For Gadgets For Environmental Reason

[RAMROD 117,011]

European Union recently implemented a law that would force smartphone manufacturers to include USB Type-C ports on their devices. Another new law will require technology companies to open up core features within apps and services to third-party developers. In a similar attempt, the EU Parliament and Council have "reached a provisional agreement to overhaul EU rules on batteries." These laws will cover the complete life cycle of a battery sold in the EU. Notably, these laws would require smartphones to come with batteries that can be easily removed and replaced.

The new provisional EU agreement covers portable batteries, supplying power for starting, lighting, or ignition of vehicles (SLI) batteries, light means of transport (LMT) batteries, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and industrial batteries. Such batteries will be required to carry a label or QR code to inform consumers about their capacity, performance, durability, and chemical composition. The batteries will also sport a 'separate collection' symbol. These steps are aimed at tackling the manufacturer and consumer wastes

If this proposed legislation passes, manufacturers will have three and a half years to redesign their products to include replaceable batteries.

Targets have been set to collect 45 percent of portable batteries by 2023. This will be increased to 63 percent by 2027 and 73 percent by 2030. Similarly, 51 percent of LMT batteries will be collected by 2028 and 61 percent by 2031. In addition, a minimum of 16 percent cobalt, 85 percent lead, 6 percent lithium, and 6 percent nickel recovered from waste will be reused in these batteries.

The EU Parliament and Council now have to formally approve this agreement for it to come into effect. 

https://www.ndtv.com/tech/eu-legislation-removable-replaceable-batteries-smartphones-3625896/amp/1

 

Keep in mind since producing separate devices to cater a certain market is expensive, this law, if approved, might likely affect the production for the rest of the world, unlike different usb cables. So..., are you for or against this idea, hennies?

[PartySick 172,477]

The phone I have now is the first phone I haven't been able to remove the battery on and it's SO ANNOYING. When your phone freezes (as they tend to do once they're a year+ old) it used to be as simple as popping the battery out but now? It just bricks itself and you're powerless to do anything about it  or at least I am 'cause the phone I have now can only be powered off by going to the settings and selecting "power off"

[RAMROD 117,011]

13 minutes ago, PartySick said:

the phone I have now can only be powered off by going to the settings and selecting "power off"

I can relate and I think I might have the same brand

[RAMROD 117,011]

Personally I am for. Cos I am not gonna pay like hundreds for replacing battery or a cracked screen, cos that is BS right there lmao

[Oriane 22,749]

Will it include laptops too?

[PartySick 172,477]

8 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

I can relate and I think I might have the same brand

I think it's becoming standard on androids. Or already has. Idk, I'm not a tech guy and I only buy new phones when I have to

[RAMROD 117,011]

13 minutes ago, Oriane said:

Will it include laptops too?

Yes. Laptops, phones, tablets, handheld game console & their controllers, etc

 

[Mother of Puppies 36,615]

I think it’s about time! My iPhone battery has been fucked hard & it doesn’t even last 5 hours anymore.

 

 

[bpmMonkey 7,716]

Ahahaha I love it ! Go off EU, lets crash the system haha. But seriously, they finally start using their power again to actually force certain industries to overhaul their shi**y ways. 

[LateToCult 41,836]

How are y’all taking out your phone battery so casually? Pls I never even knew that was an option. 

[bpmMonkey 7,716]

6 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

How are y’all taking out your phone battery so casually? Pls I never even knew that was an option. 

I used to restart my first phone with touchscreen like that back in 2009 or 10 😁

[River 127,350]

Lol in every place I go there must be that person with android that searching their battery on the floor when their android falls down and breaks to 3 parts: phone, cover and battery 

No thanks tbh the times when I had to deal with loose batteries are over.

[Reginald 13,841]

I think this is a good decision overall. It will be interesting to see how this affects phone designs, however.

Could this spell the end of all-glass phone bodies? Foldable/flippable smartphone designs? This could be challenging to work around, in terms of innovation, but is better for consumers. 

I used to work at an electronics battery replacement/repair  store years ago 

[bpmMonkey 7,716]

1 minute ago, Reginald said:

I think this is a good decision overall. It will be interesting to see how this affects phone designs, however.

Could this spell the end of all-glass phone bodies? Foldable/flippable smartphone designs? This could be challenging to work around, in terms of innovation, but is better for consumers. 

I used to work at an electronics battery replacement/repair  store years ago 

I think the most interesting thing is going to see what they (Apple at large) focus on “improving” next. These last couple years their selling point for iPhones became a better battery life and couple gimmicks here and there but at this point, who really cares for another 2 mega pixel more. The only reason I got a new phone was because of poor battery life from the XS, so now I have the 13. If I could have just replaced the battery for a tenth of the price there wouldn’t have been much of a selling point to get a new phone 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Reginald 13,841]

6 minutes ago, gypsy Hero said:

 If I could have just replaced the battery for a tenth of the price there wouldn’t have been much of a selling point to get a new phone 🤷🏼‍♀️

Exactly! This will be a game-changer EU said "Innovate, NOW!"