E-waste isn’t a problem a problem which only governments or companies have to deal with. Consumers have to think ecological as well when they buy a new electronic product. Seppe Bodequin has shown us a good example of an environmental friendly television in his blog ‘Taking steps to decrease e-waste’, but unfortunately this television doesn’t belong to the cheapest models of the brand. Low prices and environmentally sound should go together in the future and according to Leo Hickman from The Guardian, consumer pressure is the only way to make the industry clean up their acts. When the manufacturers produce more ‘green’ products, the prices would decrease and these goods will become accessible for a larger public.
I think it’s nowadays unacceptable for firms to release products with a short life and polluting characteristics and when I have to buy a new computer or mobile phone in the future, regardless the price and the technical capacity, the ecological aspect will be a major embodiment policy.3
Matthias Cierkens
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