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Fairphone's 2020 recycling program: 55% reuse, 45% recycling

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#1

While I brought up Fairphone’s current recycling program elsewhere before, I think it deserves to get its own topic after all.

The program gives you 40€ back after the purchase of a Fairphone 3 in Fairphone’s own webshop (not in dealers’ & resellers’ shops) if you send in an FP2 and 20€ back for an FP1. The smartphone’s IMEI must be clearly identifiable. For the time being, the program expires by 30 September 2020.

:arrow_right: Please follow the exact instructions in the link below to participate in the program.

What made me eventually post this as a standalone topic is that Fairphone has now added some “what happens to the phones you send in” information. According to the website, 55% of the phones sent in actually get back to the market again. 45% get recycled.

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#2

Ik heb maanden geleden mijn Fairphone2 opgestuurd om te recyclen nadat ik een Fairphone3 had gekocht. Ik heb nog steeds niets terug gehoord of geld ontvangen.

#3

You only get money if you buy your Fairphone 3 through Fairphone’s own webshop.
I happen to know that you bought your Fairphone 3 through a reseller.
So, unfortunately, you don’t qualify.

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#4

Than I want my Fairphone back.

Verzonden van mijn Fairphone 3

#5

@Ria_Bol, hier op het forum kunnen we helaas daar niet bij helpen, je zou hiervoor contact moeten opnemen met Fairphone support: The Forum Guide to... Fairphone Support

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#6

The recycling program has been extended until 30 June. Cashback sums unchanged. :slight_smile:

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#7

The recycling program has been extended again, this time until 13 July 2020 . Cashback sums are still unchanged :slight_smile:

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#8

I sent mine yesterday, after having gone to the Spanish shipping agency and having to return home with the packages because I was sending more phones than they admit. In case someone wants to send mobile phones from Spain: Correos (the spanish post office for this promotion) only accepts two mobile phones in each shipment! :wink:

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#9

Cashback rates for FP2 lowered to 40€ and for FP1 to 20€. No cashback anymore for other phones.

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#10

Shouldn’t it actually be the other way round? The probability that a FP2 is still working is much higher than for a FP1, so the incentive for FP2 users to buy a FP3 should be lower in my opinion…

#11

Is there a chance that Fairphone will promote the recycling of other phones than Fairphones again at some point? Otherwise, I’d rather bring it to a recycling station of my home town to save CO2 (shipping).