{"id":3935,"date":"2011-12-06T14:45:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:48","slug":"universal-cell-phone-chargers-to-combat-electronic-waste-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/universal-cell-phone-chargers-to-combat-electronic-waste-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Cell Phone Chargers to Combat Electronic Waste Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phone-charging.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2231\" title=\"phone-charging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phone-charging.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2231 lazyload\" title=\"phone-charging\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phone-charging.gif\"><\/a>A Canadian Member of Parliament has introduced a private member\u2019s bill in order to demand universal charges for all new cell phones that are sold in Canada.  Glenn Thibeault, the representative for the Ontario riding of Sudbury, says that the legislation would assist in the reduction of the amount of electronic waste that heads into the nation\u2019s landfills at a disturbing rate, as well as help to ease the financial burden on consumers when buying new devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cWe know that when a person buys a new cell phone, they overwhelmingly dispose of their current charger, even if it\u2019s in perfect condition,\u201d Thibeault says.  \u201cPeople often have multiple chargers for home, work and in the car, so the cost of changing chargers quickly adds up.\u201d The regulations are similar, as Thibeault points out, to ones which have actually been in force in the European Union for the last two years since 2009, with a number of major cell phone manufacturing companies such as the likes of Research in Motion, Nokia, Motorola and Apple having already signed on to comply with the legislation.<\/p>\n<p 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