EU Votes For Universal Phone Charger

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 14, 2014 @08:15AM from the guilty-as-charged dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "The European Union has voted in favor of a draft legislation which lists among the 'essential requirements' of electrical devices approved by the EU a compatibility with 'universal' chargers. According to a German MEP, this move will eliminate 51,000 tonnes of electronic waste. The draft law was approved by an overwhelming majority: 550 votes to 12. At the moment, according to estimates, there are around 30 different types of charger on the market, but manufacturers have two years at their disposal to get ready for the new restriction."

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Use an existing standard please by sandytaru · 2014-03-14 08:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That is, please force everyone else to use Micro USB. 75% of my devices already use it. It's only a handful of special snowflakes that don't.

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Re:Someone is against this? by ganjadude · 2014-03-14 08:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

They're about as rational as all network news pundits.
FTFY

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