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When my Airpods die, I'll take them back to my local Applestore to be recycled. Apple is streets ahead of most companies in this respect.
Which isn't going to solve the problem the article talks about.
They will have to dispose of those lithium ion batteries like everyone else.
When my Airpods die, I'll take them back to my local Applestore to be recycled. Apple is streets ahead of most companies in this respect.
> When my Airpods die, I'll take them back to my local Applestore to be recycled. Which isn't going to solve the problem the article talks about. They will have to dispose of those lithium ion batteries like everyone else.
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Here's difference between airpods and plastic bottles: > They can’t be repaired because they're glued together. They can’t be thrown out, or else the lithium-ion battery may start a fire in the garbage compactor. They can’t be easily recycled, because there’s no safe way to separate the lithium-ion battery from the plastic shell.
It would be interesting to ask Apple how much they manage to recycle from the AirPods and how. Would that be asking too much from the article author?
Whereas with Macbooks they openly tout that https://www.apple.com/environment/
"Built to last as long as humanly possible." -- Apple
That doesn't sound like an Airpod to me.
Jesus, that’s a really bad article, spinning some truths, irrelevant info and memes into hate. Most of what’s written applies to all wireless headphones, wired headphones or even other consumer electronics. Also, Apple has a recycling program. Would it be too much journalism to say why it doesn’t change the situation? If they managed to recycle most of the AirPods, then I’m mostly happy with the product, and it’s ent…
All? My Sennheiser Urbanite XL has screws hidden behind the removable ear pads, I'm pretty sure the battery is easily replaced. Except it doesn't have to be replaced yet.
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It would be interesting to ask Apple how much they manage to recycle from the AirPods and how. Would that be asking too much from the article author?
It's not something that Apple openly markets as being a reason why you should buy them so my guess would be a lot less than you think, because of cost to do so. Whereas with Macbooks they openly tout that https://www.apple.com/environment/ "Built to last as long as humanly possible." -- Apple That doesn't sound like an Airpod to me.
I see so many teenagers these days with those things in their ears. It makes me facepalm every time I see it. Makes me feel good that I got such a good deal on my Audio-Technica ATH-IM04s. They were normally $700 US but now they are end-of-life I got a new pair for only $391 US. win. The retailer was trying to get rid of them as they were end-of-life stock.
We live in a hype-driven consumption society.
Much of what gets laid out in the article is also true for a whole range of other disposable products of different types. Take plastic bottles, essentially the same tragedy. Companies like Apple did and still do fairly well when it comes to innovation and planting ideas in people's head. If only they would use that creativity to make it cool again to own less products which at the same last longer and are upgradable/…
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I felt the same way before I tried Airpods. They are ridiculously useful and convenient, and they don't sound bad either. For me, it's a tiny device to use for hands-free phone calls and indulge in music on the go without having to lug another large device around.
> hands-free phone calls and indulge in music on the go without having to lug another large device around You've pretty much described any ear-bud/canal earphone. The point is there's choices that have removable batteries, and aren't so wasteful. 18 months is a pathetic lifetime.
I have expensive over ear headphones for use at my desk and I still sometimes use AirPods because they're so lightweight and I don't feel them in my ear at all.
When my Airpods die, I'll take them back to my local Applestore to be recycled. Apple is streets ahead of most companies in this respect.
> When my Airpods die, I'll take them back to my local Applestore to be recycled. Which isn't going to solve the problem the article talks about. They will have to dispose of those lithium ion batteries like everyone else.
Jesus, that’s a really bad article, spinning some truths, irrelevant info and memes into hate. Most of what’s written applies to all wireless headphones, wired headphones or even other consumer electronics. Also, Apple has a recycling program. Would it be too much journalism to say why it doesn’t change the situation? If they managed to recycle most of the AirPods, then I’m mostly happy with the product, and it’s ent…