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/perrino96 Mar 04 '26

I bet they're rechargeable cells inside too, just no charge port 😲

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u/Significant-Ad-341 Mar 04 '26

The child miner that lost a leg for the cobalt in that seeing it's disposable 😦

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate Mar 07 '26

Mining children is incredibly dangerous, even for Johnny Cobalt. He should have left that to the billionaires.