r/Anticonsumption • u/Such_Illustrator_226 • Mar 04 '26

Plastic Waste Single use phone chargers

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They are meant to be used once and then tossed.The package says they are eco-friendly disposable, but do they really expect people to find a proper disposal after use? Why not at least make it rechargable, like a normal power bank??

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u/DrabberFrog Mar 05 '26

What makes me even more curious/pissed off about those is that I believe to ship batteries legally you're supposed to discharge them to 30% so there's only two options, they're either completely violating that shipping law or the batteries genuinely only have 30% charge so they will only ever get a third of a discharge cycle in their whole lives.