One of the more overlooked environmental concerns of the near future is the impact of the near-constant rate of electronics replenishment in the developed world. Cell phones don鈥檛 recycle easily.
The Huffington Post has highlighted the hazards of electronic waste before: When you throw out an iPhone, it generally goes to a very ugly place to die.
Two filmmakers, Tom Fox-Davies and Ed Scott-Clarke, friends from school growing up in the southwest of England, teamed up to produce this short film about just how bad the culture of constant electronic upgrades is for the planet.
鈥淐ircular Cellular鈥� will focus on Fairphone, a Dutch company that is making modular electronics that break down piece by piece, and are better suited to recycling and reuse. By allowing for reuse of material by design, Fairphone fits into the circular economy.
The circular economy refers to the idea that with the right design, consumer products can be made by repurposing resources already in existence, rather than extracting more from the natural environment.
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