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With the aim of reducing electronic waste and avoiding that consumers have to buy new cables and chargers with each device purchase, the negotiators of the European Parliament and of the Twenty-seven have reached an agreement on Tuesday to impose the single USB-C charger.
The measure will come into force in two years, from fall 2024, and will apply to fifteen portable electronic devices. The standard includes mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headsets, video game consoles and also navigation devices, eReaders, wireless mini-headsets or keyboards.
The measure also affects computers, which will have to use a universal charger. In this case, the European institutions have provided for an additional period of 18 months from the entry into force of the standard to give the sector sufficient time to adapt.
are exempt those devices that are incompatible with USB-C due to their small size, such as smart watches and activity monitors and other devices for sports practice.
With the new rule, the EU seeks reduce e-wastea, so it will be the consumer who decides with each purchase whether or not to include a cargo item.
According to EU data, each year between 11,000 and 13,000 tons of electronic waste are generated in the community space and with the generalization of the single charger, Europeans will be able to save some 250 million euros in unnecessary charging solutions, indicates EP.
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