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Guest blog: Latest news on Ghana e-waste collection program
Reuse and Recycling 26 March 2015
To refresh your memory, Closing the Loop partnered with Fairphone early in 2013 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in Africa. We’ve started by collecting scrap phones in the surrounding Accra area of Ghana, which includes Agbogbloshie, one of the most toxic e-waste ...
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Looking for an open operating system at Mobile World Congress 2015
Long-Lasting Design 17 March 2015
Mobile World Congress (MWC), the biggest event in the mobile industry, took place the first week of March in Barcelona, Spain, with 90,000 attendees from 200 countries. The site spanned eight large conference halls, which felt like walking from one airport terminal to another, where a brisk walk from ...
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The search for responsibly sourced gold for the Fairphone
Fair Materials 11 March 2015
Every smartphone contains dozens of different minerals, including precious metals such as gold. Our roadmap for mining involves responsibly sourcing minerals, starting with the four internationally recognized conflict-minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold. We started our journey toward responsible mineral sourcing by integrating conflict-free tin and conflict-free tantalum from the ...
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Host an Urban Mining Workshop
All 02 March 2015
Fairphone invites you to grab your helmets and put on your safety goggles because we’re going urban mining. We’ve been conducting Urban Mining Workshops and they’ve been such a success, that we want to pass the tools over to you. Our Urban Mining Manual is now available for free ...
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The path to finding our new production partner: Hi-P
Good Working Conditions 19 February 2015
Late last year, we informed you of our intentions to develop our own phone using a new commercial model to gain control over the product design and have more influence on the ensuing supply chains. In addition to that, we wanted to ensure that the product that we would be ...
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Our approach to developing the next Fairphone
Long-Lasting Design 12 February 2015
Last week we hit a big milestone in Fairphone history. On Tuesday, we re-opened our shop to sell the final shipment of available Fairphones and within an hour and a half – we sold out! We’re extremely thankful to our group of first edition owners for making the company ...
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Examining the Fairphone’s environmental impact
Reuse and Recycling 22 January 2015
Nearly a year ago, I first came to the Fairphone office ready to start my role as a research assistant and dig deeper into the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) work started by my predecessor Artúr Szilágyi. In the meantime, I’ve learned more than I ever anticipated about the first ...
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Creative Fairphoners – thanks for your postcards!
News 15 January 2015
Perhaps we’re biased, but we happen to think the Fairphone community is a very inspiring, informed, active and creative group of people… And you just keep proving us right! When we were finalizing the packaging for the second batch Fairphones, we included a blank postcard. Our hope was that ...
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Fairphone 2014: A year in review
All 22 December 2014
As the cold December weather arrives, it’s an excellent reminder to reflect on the challenges and triumphs of 2014. This year has been full of events, trips, projects, press coverage and selling out of Fairphone stock. Our heads are still spinning from everything that has happened! In an attempt ...
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