Last week we found there is 7.3kg of e-waste *for every person on earth*. How can tech companies reduce this?

At 2.30pm today we hear from:

@Samsung
@amazon
@Beko
@DixonsCarphone
@Fairphone
@TechbuyerGroup

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Andrew Mullen of @Beko says "Beko factories are powered using renewable energy, driving down water consumption, factory outputs are clean. We make sure products are reliable and usable, 90% recyclable at end of life."

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Kevin Consindine, Head of Sustainability, @Samsung "37 factories around the world, committed last year to source renewable energy for all its operations in US, China and Europe. Working with 80% of its supply chain to understand their emissions and monitoring..." (1/2)

. @Samsung "...the footprint of Samsung devices. In addition to TVs and mobile phones, they're developing air source heatpumps which could help the transition to a low carbon economy" (2/2)

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Eva Gouwens, CEO, @Fairphone: If you extend the life of a phone to 5 years you save 30% of CO₂ emissions. If you extend to 7 years it saves 45%.

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Kevin Consindine, Head of Sustainability, @Samsung: "We are doing a lot of work around durability on devices. The issue of planned obsolescence has a lack of evidence that supports it completely."

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Andrew Mullen, @Beko "If you take the top off a microwave oven and touch parts in there it can be lethal."

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. @Samsung: If we can't get our parts back then we can't refurbish them. If we want a true circular economy professional repair also keeps product value which is so important.

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Thank you very much to panel 1. Panel 2 is just starting now with:

@amazon
@DixonsCarphone
@TechbuyerGroup

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. @amazon on transparency: We recognise at Amazon that sustainability is a journey. We have announced and co-funded the climate pledge to meet the Paris climate Agreement 10 years early... and we are investing in reforestation, wetlands and peatlands

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Robert ter Kuile, Worldwide Director of Environmental Affairs, @amazon: "We need to improve take-back... improve the environment, improve the processing"

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. @DixonsCarphone: The UK has one of the lowest density of household waste recycling centres in Europe, and retailers offering take-back schemes of products can be much more accessible to people recycling their old electronics.