metals used in many devices typically requires sulphuric acid and creates more toxic waste activists like your hands you do a calling for a radical change. the social costs and environmental costs are completely externalize they're not integrated into the price that's why vomiting lives of every 2. congo for example is the largest producer of cobalt a rare earth metals found in every modern rechargeable battery here miners work for about 50 euro cents a day activists and companies like fair phone are increasingly demanding companies take accountability for their supply chain. we need to integrate all the harm that mining is causing within the price. another important aspect of the debate is the planned obsolescence of our products the american bennett london came up with this time in 1932 he thought it would be