One charger for all
Harmonisation of mobile phones chargers is a key priority of the Commissions environmental sustainability policy.
The environmental benefits of harmonising chargers can be considerable, as the number of chargers sold unnecessarily could reduce the associated generated electronic waste.
A common charger is also expected to improve energy-efficiency, complying with the newest European harmonised standards, and thus reducing energy consumption.
To this end, the Commission has initiated the 'One Charger for All' campaign.
One mobile phone charger for all campaign
Campaign for the introduction of the voluntary agreement (MoU) for a common charger for mobile phones.
To promote the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the common use of mobile phone chargers.
In the past, mobile telephones were only compatible with specific mobile telephone chargers. An estimated 500 million mobile phones were in use on 2009 in all EU countries.
The chargers used often varied according to the manufacturer and model; and more than 30 different types of charger were on the market. Apart from causing inconvenience to the consumer, this created unnecessary electronic waste.
Almost every household is believed to have gathered a number of old chargers - estimated to generate more than 51 000 tons of electronic waste per year in the EU.
In response, the European Commission facilitated an agreement among major handset manufacturers to adopt a common charger for data-enabled mobile phones sold in the EU.
List of Signatories - Status as of February 9 th 2010:
- Motorola
- LGE
- Samsung
- RIM
- Nokia
- SonyEricsson
- NEC
- Apple
- Qualcomm
- Texas Instruments
- Emblaze Mobile
- Huawei Technologies
- TCT Mobile
- Atmel
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