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LPX Episode 5: Building a fair(er) phone

March 16, 2016

Most people probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about the materials used to build their phones, or the workers who put the hardware together. But Amsterdam-based Fairphone is trying to change that... by selling phones made with conflict-free minerals from Africa and by setting up a Worker Welfare fund for factory workers in China. Even if you don't care about those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: conflict-free minerals, Daria Koreniushkina, fairphone, ifixit, kyle wiens, repairability, smartphones

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