France has taken a major step in consumer and environmental protection by criminalizing the practice of planned obsolescence, ...

The European Union wants to curb early obsolescence and greenwashing. The idea is to give customers better means to select products that are really aligned with their environmental concerns. Although ...

In 2015, Apple unveiled the iPhone Upgrade Program — a slick subscription model that lets devotees pay a monthly hardware fee directly to the manufacturer, with an option to trade in their phone for ...

, e-waste becomes a major cause of air pollution and increased levels of air particulate matter. The various environmental effects associated with planned obsolescence and its consequent uptick in ...

What would it take to move away from planned obsolescence? Ending planned obsolescence means redirecting our efforts toward more sustainable cycles of production and consumption. The Ring’s doorbell ...

A new campaign by Greenpeace today has rated the repairability of six Apple devices against the smartphone, tablet, and laptop market at large, the purpose of which is to highlight planned ...

Planned obsolescence is a truism of our times. When we buy something, we expect it to have been constructed not to last as long as possible, but to last just long enough to satisfy the consumer and ...

Fight Apple’s annual seduction dance by buying a perfectly restored iPhone from a company rallying against thoughtless consumerism and e-waste. While I don’t think our ancient ancestors were lusting ...