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Universal cellphone chargers proposed
Friday, 2 December 2011 - 2:21pm
Glenn Thibeault, the NDP’s consumer protection critic, said it’s costly, wasteful, and environmentally unsound that most people end up storing or discarding perfectly good chargers every time they buy a new cellphone.
In 2009, 14 mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple, Research in Motion, Motorola, and Nokia, signed off on a memorandum of understanding making their devices compatible with a common European Union standard.
Thibeault said that shows manufacturers are willing to co-operate with what he calls a “simple and cost-effective change that will have positive consequences for the environment, reduce e-waste, and help save consumers money.”
His proposal may get short-circuited, however—private member’s bills, particularly those tabled by opposition MPs, rarely make it into law.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA—Folks buried under a pile of old electronics are bound to get a charge out of this.
A New Democrat MP is proposing legislation that would require cellphone-makers to create a standardized universal cellphone charger for all new mobile phones sold in Canada.
In 2009, 14 mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple, Research in Motion, Motorola, and Nokia, signed off on a memorandum of understanding making their devices compatible with a common European Union standard.
Thibeault said that shows manufacturers are willing to co-operate with what he calls a “simple and cost-effective change that will have positive consequences for the environment, reduce e-waste, and help save consumers money.”
His proposal may get short-circuited, however—private member’s bills, particularly those tabled by opposition MPs, rarely make it into law.
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Universal cell phone chargers
A little behind times people, all the big cell phone manufacturers have been working on this for a while and it should be coming in soon. We don't need to legislate every thing in the world, please get the proper background information before putting mouth in gear.