February Events: The Rundown
FairPhone is having a busy February! Our team is spread out across countries and continents, and we want to keep you in the loop. Here’s a rundown of our events: This Wednesday in…
E-waste Recycling: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally. In 2022, a record amount of 62 megatons of e-waste was generated, with little to no information on how 78% of this is collected…
We need to fix Black Friday. And the industry.
Here we are again, in the middle of annual Black Friday madness. It’s hard to pass up a good deal this time of the year, isn't it? However, for me, it really is time to take a good,…
Fairphone is the first company to pilot Fairmined Gold credits
Through our Fairmined gold credits pilot with Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) we celebrate multiple wins alongside contributing to the social and environmental progress of the…
Taking it step by step: An update on the Fairphone True Wireless Earbuds
Since day one, we've been leading the push to empower consumers with viable alternatives to the make-use-dispose trend in electronics. Keeping products in use longer decreases their…
Into the deep
Remember our Materials 101 series of blogs where we introduced the distinction between artisanal mining (ASM) and large-scale mining? Well, potentially, there is another type of mining…
Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled.
Plastics are good. There. We said it. Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled properly. A cursory internet search will show you that approximately 350 million tonnes…
Fairphone 2 camera module out of stock
March 2020 update Are you a Fairphone 2 owner with a broken camera? We have good news for you: we are making a limited supply of 8 MP rear camera modules available. Yes, it’s an…
Fair Materials 101: Why we can’t turn our back on mining
The “circular economy”: a concept that is becoming more and more prominent in the current Zeitgeist. Whether it’s an Instagram ad for a recycled-fiber sweater tagged with #circular,…
Five years and we are here to stay!
Five years ago, we founded a company to change how people think about what they buy and how industry thinks about what they make. And five years later, it brings me such pride to reflect…