Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill

Post by gnicholas » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:35 AM UTC

slim wrote: post #120

crazygringo wrote: post #57

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Seriously, I never understand the "environmental waste" argument as applied to AirPods . The pair of buds weighs a third of a single disposable AA battery. There's less plastic than in an average Chinese takeout container. If you want to complain that they're expensive to replace then go ahead. But as soon as anyone brings up the environment , give me a break. We're not talking about a 65" television that weight 55 p…

The airpods are compared to wired ear buds. Once Apple removed the jack port, they effectively created the added waste which was not there before.

Post by iansinnott » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:40 AM UTC

Post by throw03172019 » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:43 AM UTC

advisedwang wrote: post #115

throw03172019 wrote: post #107

Does it work for the Pros as well? All the pics seem to be the non-pro AirPods.

Their FAQ says: > We currently accept AirPod Generation 1 & 2. If you would like AirPod Pros, you can join the waitlist here [ http://eepurl.com/hqjLSr ] and be notified when we offer that service is available.

Post by SilverRed » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:53 AM UTC

alisonkisk wrote: post #69

Etheryte wrote: post #2

As someone who gets a ridiculous amount of use out of their pods, I really hope this business pans out. I think the product is great, but batteries are consumable products. In fact, I would hope that one day it would be mandatory to offer battery replacements for all products you sell. (Do correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think Apple currently does this for pods?)

Look at an airpod. Why should the battery be consumable but not the airpod? They have about the same amount of electronics. The average airpod user throws out more than an airpod's worth of plastic per day . I get junk mail with electronic trash that is bigger than an airpod. Airpods are used with iPhones that have 20x the amount of electronics, so should last 20x as long. People's real concern is the price which is…

Post by SilverRed » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #108

Others wrote: post #78

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1. The parent comment is referring to waste in the environmental sense. Nature does not care how expensive the trash was--just the volume/composition 2. It's a big stretch to call AirPods "disposable" I (and many others) keep them for years. In the long run everything is rubbish; an expensive electronic device that lasts for years and years is not "disposable"

> Nature does not care how expensive the trash was No, but the price is often a stand-in for how much energy/carbon it took to make the product, which is what I always assumed was the case here. I'd love to be wrong...