Less electronic waste, more longevity: An EU directive stipulates that more companies will have to provide spare parts for their devices in the coming years. Many providers are already doing this. The effort is enormous, but it’s worth it.
People found an envelope in their mailbox around 40,000 times last year. Inside: a strap with a plastic part, less than ten centimeters long, comparatively simple but important. The chest strap on a children’s backpack ensures that the little ones don’t carry so much lunch boxes and water bottles. This strap adorns tens of thousands of backpacks that hang on coat hooks in German kindergartens every day – sometimes as elephants, sometimes as tigers. And the figures suggest that the belt is lost tens of thousands of times a year. The company “Fond of”, which is behind the backpacks, sends the straps upon request, easily and free of charge. In doing so, it anticipates a development that will affect many companies in the coming years.