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last  \nWEBINAR  \nNeil Mather  \nThe Restart Project  \nErnestas Oldyrevas  \nECOS  \nThomas Opsomer  \niFixit Europe  \n27 February 2020  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nECOS-European Environmental Citizens'Organisation for Standardisation  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nTODAY ON THE  \nAG E N DA  \n• Big picture – discarded laptops and the mountains of e-waste  \n• Repairer’s perspective – why do computers fail?  \n• Unfixable by design – what makes laptops so hard to repair?  \n• Can the EU fix it? How ecodesign can make it happen  \n• Q&A  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nBIG PICTURE  \nDISCARDED LAPTOPS AND THE  \nMOUNTAINS OF E-WASTE  \nErnestas Oldyrevas  \nProgramme Manager, ECOS  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nTIME FOR  \nA QU IZ !  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nThe problem of short-lived laptops  \n▪ 28 million laptops are sold in the EU every year  \n▪ Average lifetime of a laptop today is estimated at less than 5 years  \n▪ Extending lifetime of our devices is a key strategy to spread the share of their impacts over a longer time period  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nThe problem of short-lived laptops  \n▪ E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world  \n• In 2016, 44.8 million tonnes of e-waste were generated globally, equivalent to 4.500 Eiffel towers  \n• Only 17% of this is formally collected today – 32% in the EU  \n• If no action is taken, the amount will more than double by 2050 – to 120 million tonnes annually, equivalent to 12.000 Eiffel towers  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nThe problem of short-lived laptops  \n▪ The growing consumption of electronics heavily weighson the climate  \n• 52% of climate impact of a laptop comes from resource extraction, manufacturing and end-of-life treatment  \n• Extending the lifetime of a laptop computer by one single year would result in 1.6 Mt of CO2 being saved, equivalent to taking 870.000 cars off the roads – twice the total fleet of Luxembourg  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nThe problem of short-lived laptops  \n▪ Short-lived computers cost consumers too  \n• 84% of EU citizens think the EU should act to extend the lifetime of products  \n• More than 50% of consumers in the EU have environmental impact in mind when shopping  \n• However, good intentions continue to beside-tracked by little to no information on laptop durability and repairability being provided at the point of sale & the poor economics of repair  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)  \nNew report to be launched today  \n▪ Identifies five main reasons  \nbehind premature obsolescence of laptop computers  \n▪ Puts forward policy recommendations to address them  \n[ecostandard.org](ecostandard.org)","cbCaii9ldfipdPV3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii9ldfipdPV3","pdf",2070480,32,"English","# Today on the Agenda\n## Big picture – discarded laptops and the mountains of e-waste\n## Repairer’s perspective – why do computers fail?\n## Unfixable by design – what makes laptops so hard to repair?\n## Can the EU fix it? 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