"With half a billion chargers for portable devices shipped to Europe each year, generating 11,000 to 13,000 tons of e-waste, a single charger for mobile phones and other small and medium electronic devices would benefit everyone," Agius Saliba, a Maltese Member of European Parliament, said.
A statement from the European Parliament said that the mandate "would make sure consumers no longer need a new charger and cable every time they purchase a new device, and can use one charger for all of their small and medium-sized electronic gadgets. Mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers, rechargeable via a wired cable, would have to be equipped with a USB Type-C port, regardless of the manufacturer."
Brendan Menapace is the content director for Promo+Promo Marketing.