Fairphone is a smartphone for those who care about their phone and the impact it might have on the planet.Most smartphones contain a wealth of minerals and components which require mining in conflict zones.
There have been issues with worker welfare, and also the extraction of key minerals.
Smartphones contain a lot of precious metals which are sometimes in short supply, and require particular methods of extraction which might affect the environment, or those people involved as a workforce.
Apple has a number of robots which are able to extract these, and I have shared this information on previous posts, with the development of Liam and Daisy.
A better phone is a phone made better.
This work is often framed as being environmentally friendly, but the method of production doesn't encourage this.
We explore these products as part of our 'Geography of our Stuff' unit.
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