liz cultural riches were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists. each artifact has blood on it from the rooms that have yet to heal. what should be done with the stone or from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. stoneman soul starts september 7th on d w. making phone calls browsing the internet taking photographs shopping now lives increasingly revolve around smartphones. to take his like eunice county out these devices a fun move and just telephones discover him so i'm one of those old people who don't just fear the smartphone as

a utilitarian object if i can get really enthusiastic about design a good display i start every year filmmakers flood the market with new models and they're prepared to go to extreme lengths to sell them goods officiating the tactic and the use various tactics there are strong suggestions that the devices are built to break as soon as possible. 1.4000000000 new smartphones are sold annually. is the price now digital much style. barcelona spain you tube influences jonas's come here to report on the latest smartphone trends the 21 year old regularly tests the latest devices and posts his videos on the internet the most important industry sector is going to be it was originally shuttle to be held here today halo tapes

a warm welcome from barcelona where the mobile world congress was meant to take place at. the world's largest mobile technologies trade fair was cancelled because of coded 19 but some manufacturers were determined to showcase their new products all the same. despite the risks of getting in fixes the tech fans crowded around the latest devices yet major innovations are increasingly few and far between according to the onus. is at scott's and i increasingly advise people against buying a new device each year because the differences just aren't so great because manufacturers think out new forms to. people have to buy like folding devices for example but for $2500.00 euros only a test will show whether the device can be recommended on the hottest test site. high prices and few new developments to spark that chickies flock to smartphone presentations like this besides eunice conyers you chewed influencer to be his duty

is also. a noise i buy a new smartphone about once a year i bought several since the new hard to devices came out it's within 247 it's my alarm clock my i listen to music on of i watch videos on it in the train at work i take notes on up i use it for everything it's like. for most people here life without a smartphone is inconceivable. in his lectures fielitz zoom and found explains the impact of digital my session on humans and the environment the sociologist knows that she knew phones computers to people self image. the mission isn't is that we develop a very strong bond with these devices. that they're incredibly personal as they contain important messages they contain our lists are friends of basically there

are extension of us by thought this. film makers hype every new smartphone they bring out turning these devices into must have much stock or not. was a shock because you have to consider how the presentation of these devices are staged at big show you have answers a lot of applause for it it's only a new smartphone or perhaps saving the world just to bring out a new smartphone or those of us on this is i pod and we're a noise small to. more and more smartphones of flooding into the market. and the manufacturers tactics are having dramatic consequences. on average a cell phone contained 16 grams of copper 6 grams of cobalt 3 tenths of a gram of silver and 3 hundreds of a gram of gold amongst other things that might not sound like a lot but it sure adds up and many of these commodities

a mind in crisis arrangements for example the cobalt that is used in smartphone batteries. almost 2 thirds of the world's cobalt comes from one single country in the democratic republic of congo. but it sure adds up and many of these commodities a mind in crisis arrangements for example the cobalt that is used in smartphone batteries. almost 2 thirds of the world's cobalt comes from one single country the democratic republic of congo. cobalt is mine here in the town of conway city in the south of the country. where the people here have nothing to show for the smartphone boom there's no running water. no sewage system. no

waste disposal collection. i met the locals are trying to earn a bit from the smartphone hype manuel and his friends dig for cobalt each day in a magnet town. are very. low and we want. to have whatever your life will be simple head torches are the only special equipment that they have to perform their dangerous jobs. barefooted and without a rope they descend 45 meters deep into the. so. one false step could mean certain death. going forward. it's narrow and hot in the pit. all over. the us i want her to watch

a. little with. the men hack at the wrong with rudimentary tools and shovel the kobold all into sacks. after just a few minutes the only of cobol just. it's highly toxic and can cause serious lung damage without masks breathing becomes more and more difficult. going. over that a. lot of. it's a dirty job and without as our high take smartphones wouldn't exist. the stones contain 80 percent cobalt these men risk their lives every day for the production of mobile phone batteries. for

a. very short while much of what the marx brothers are for in another pits there are lots of deaths because they don't work safely but what we take care what about nothing has ever happened here not me. it's back breaking work that supports our digital lifestyle does the cobalt used by mages smartphone makers also come from mines like this up with thirst with sustainability reports they have to search in the best pianist speak we're proud to be recognized as a worldwide leader and the responsible sourcing of minerals in our products we're committed to one day sourcing 100 percent recycled on renewable materials. we envision a future where our devices are made with materials that follow a circular supply chain model using only recycled and renewable sources eliminating our reliance on mining. apple doesn't explicitly rule out the possibility that current i phones might contain cobalt from the type of pits we have seen the demand

for cobalt is huge because many users replace their cell phones in less than 2 years and feel it soon found says the phone makers are often responsible for that. risk it's officiating the talk taking the there are so many tactics that indicate that the devices are intentionally built to break as soon as possible which for example when the battery no longer works is one of the 5 or often it's a complete write off and you're kind of forced to buy a new smartphone earthshine know as smartphones a coffee. is really true it's an issue that also preoccupies influencing young can you not. hanoi to pay peeps i'm eunice any of you who've had a broken smartphone have asked yourselves this question is it worth getting it repaired or should i buy a new one i have 2 broken devices here and i'll give you some answers in this video your clear and apple i phone 8 and the samsung galaxy s 8 as was replaced

smartphones displays and batteries. since the samsung device to the manufacturers. the i phone to the nearby apple store and asks what these for would cost. them i'm fine with them before i was told that they couldn't replace the shattered display without replacing the battery i don't personally think it's worth spending 214 euros on such an old ice so i think it's 214 euro even though you can get the same model new from a starter. price of $529.00 euros apple quotes about 41 percent of the sale price to repay a 3 year old smartphone. father pierce an independent electronics stores chief is that a viable option for consumers. the

longer version of convert if we add it together for the i phone it runs to $168.00 euros so definitely less than the maker or charging but i've also discovered that i don't use any apple parts so i wouldn't do it even though it's cheap but it is not finished. $168.00 euros that's about 32 percent of the sounds price quite a bit cheaper than the manufacturers that without a regional pass. what about other phone makers. the samsung sent off for appears still isn't back almost 2 weeks later and units only heard back after getting in touch with samsung does applaud bottom customer support was very friendly and said i'd receive a quote only thing is i haven't received anything and that's after such a long wait one father tired from shop. but finally younus does get the word to the device has been received and here the cost of repair is also expensive some

$185.00 euros that's about 46 percent of the sales price. but why is it so expensive to fix a smart phone. and foul believes the smartphone giants have made a very deliberate choice when it comes to their pricing policy and their manufacturing methods. figured out hasn't of those is your stock for clipped the devices are often very firmly glued together and can't be open to actually symbols of quotes and these construction methods often make repairs were very. very expensive and you know the message is it could be better if we bought a new smartphone sleeve but i know it's not for instance a 1000000. 1 company has built its business model around the long white peers of the take giants i fixit so specialized tools and replacement parts

for repairing smartphones and improvised instructions for free. stern fests just a scope done hoy's it's our experience but devices get repaired more frequently when people don't have to send their phones away for 4 or 6 weeks that this. device mentioned most people spend about half their lives on these devices and if it were easier to switch out a battery it would make it more likely that people kept their smartphones for a bit longer and maybe for 4 rather than just 2 years and that's what these are. they're also workshops to teach people how to repair their phones rather than just discard them straight away. the saddle that you know it's interesting to repair it yourself even if just for the sense of success when you manage. i must say when good cricket is still it's the simplest and the best way to save money and i enjoy it to. talk. with you and doing it yourself rather than just buying another new

find that would look better if the phone maker is also did baby it. that's all modern currently has. finally i know the manufacturers could help a lot of they made it easier to replace the 2 components that most frequently tend to break or give up the ghost guys. on the one hand the battery that's often clued in. differently if you use in the display which is often difficult to replace. hard for sure to vaccinate against so why use that double market leader the staff. and it's important that the repairs are carried out by specialists who dispose of or recycle the old components and replace them with new original parts that's the only way of ensuring the performance and long life of those devices in the future we had vies against amateurs carrying out repairs. no

wonder so few mobile phones get fixed. in the base case scenario the old devices end up in places like this one the recycling firm a ruthless in western germany. under it is not and his colleague to be as cool now that there are many other discarded devices out there. that doesn't see it on all the ins there we have 4 times so maybe 25230000 phones. but that's not a lot on if you. have to say given the number of smart phones that are sold each year that only a fraction and up here and walk tight is day your uncovered. many old smart phones arrive the not disposed of correctly or they languish unused for years in cupboards in people's homes. yet as well as plastic they contain valuable metals

that could be recycled here. ya mean when you get there we have the shredded cellphones you can see the plastic which will be a replacement sure you can also see copper and of course they are also contain gold silver platinum in some cases probably a.t.m. and transiting where nickel. to materials a salvaged in a number of steps the recycling process reduces the need for mining in crisis regions but it is very energy intensive. and it's not possible to recover 2 of the component parts. also i know will be a telephone but we can recover about 70 percent of what goes into a smartphone. the other materials are elements which is what we're talking about

here that we can't sell which means that you basically are lost at least in terms of the metal value chain and they include the rare earth elements of the segment we haven't. even here they can only recover 70 percent of these valuable commodities and only a fraction of all smartphones end up in professional recycling facilities in 1st place the majority disappears into people's couples with the explosions. for example to crack the capital of ghana this west african country is regarded as a success story with its high economic growth and expanding middle class cellphones are a status symbol here. that. devices that aren't worth repairing in germany often end up in actress teetotal lane through furbish meant to me. the idea of giving these used

phones a 2nd life sounds good at 1st but not all of them can be repaired. in our plan not is there any way you gonna hear about it if you're trying to trade it basically i ran out there someday and the problem is 5050 i can get a solution to it you know i'm not going to say you can do it. what's a scottish here ends up in and bill one of the days she has prices in the world it's residents call it sort of and the more it's time to some of the actors poorest residents. they live here in the midst of the trash eking out a living from the waste originates in more affluent countries. everything is taken upon people in a few cents from the semiconductors and complicated holes this is the last resting

place for a lot of technological junk from industrialized nations. up my. the circuit boards and conductors are much in demand for this they contain valuable commodities like gold silver and copper. and i'm in the phone business circuit boards storage cards i sell that to people who need something for inside the phones i throw away the things i can't sell like the old batteries i want. there are broken phones everywhere the old batteries pollute the environment because there aren't the facilities to recycle. the people salvaged many of the generates money like aluminum for example it's melted in these very basic facilities. the heat

here is insufferable. and the toxic fumes. more than your lunch and. even children a present. the only way to eat off the molly is a good get off my i promise. them. because. i'm paying the out of school fees. the so-called burners have the most dangerous job in. they've been charging devices cables and plugs to get the copper. inside. their health is damaged by the noxious fumes. when i saw one in an ago so it's you know i said look i mean we do the dirty work here.

everyone treats us well if i had the chance of another job i would take it. i would go up in the morning news always just lying down with for the time to get out because all my body has been with. this walk off the map what he wants i get up to the morning and i have all your strength and i cannot pull it off i am sure and work alongside the adults here kids like knees to and cousy who are only 10 and 13 years old with a magnet and bare hands they collect small pieces of metal from the toxic remains of the trash. anyway selma to help support her mom. the boys own a bit of additional cash to help their families scrape by but this does she work takes its toll. as professor usually is full bill from the university of ghana i can confirm. but children so you can affect your

level system as the organ system can also affect your brain development in terms of kidney is one of the organs are. usually. very affected moods. but how contamination fees and both blushing and what danger to the people who live here thanks. to these soil samples should give an idea that. deliberately findings later show that the soil contains toxic heavy metals asked nick teen but in particular at extremely high levels of light. and professor phobia tells us these substances also accumulate in the bodies of the workers. and among the e.u.

which were. both the organics in organic compounds. caught me and they curl a certain leg and all these are highly toxic. metallic quo terms they are quite high far far far higher than what is throwing their body to reach. the trend of buying a new smartphone every year has fatal consequences for people and their environment here in ghana. you chibi influences like eunice kanya to showcase the latest devices in a p.d.s. and make bind recommendations and so encourage consumption. to body and. soul fun yet i think each one of us who consume something doesn't think as far as what happens to a product when it reaches the end of its life so of course what we're doing is in essence promoting consumption of fun but we are at least not the one simply holding

up the articles to the can. instead we're the ones who write the consumer goods and tell people which ones are good and which ones aren't vision this young as kanya sees himself more as a product tester and as a sales assistant the phone makers the question is whether his many followers see it that way to. there at least some manufacturers who are trying to make phones more environmentally friendly the german startups shift is among. its founders and to make their devices last longer ping conventional following news . if something does break the devices are easy to miss. the special thing about our shift forms is there a modular structure the parts that tend to wear out faster start the n.c.s. to replace i can simply open the back of the phone and change the battery in just a few seconds and when i do the screws here i can remove and replace the entire

display and we can also access the camera if something goes wrong with it and the special thing is that we use click to connect critics and the whole thing can be assembled like lego this is. a good. shift also plans to make it possible to order spare parts years after purchase however because it's possible to unscrew the devices and also because of the normal functions and they are also clients expensive. to produce and also shift of course or shift runs are a compromise to us as manufacturers you always have to focus on a particular selling point and for us this is the fact that our forms can be easily repaired. but we also want our devices to perform well there's no point in having a sustainable device if it doesn't do what customers would normally expect. prices range from $400.00 euros per basically version. $800.00 euros for the top of

the range but that's not exactly cheap but how does the she phone rates in comparison with its competitors. you should be influencing the owners can you tested the ship 6 enough for a wait it came out in 2018 but it's still the latest model. a lighter hey peeps this is the shift to 6 am a smartphone developed in germany is it a realistic alternative to more conventional smartphones and if so who might appeal to you i've tested it thoroughly and share my thoughts with you in this video the. owners tested the camera the device a software performance and of course he evaluated its design. but what i really liked about the device was the battery life and the responsive

fingerprint sensor you can also increase its storage capacity because what i didn't like was the camera's performance in low light situations and the video quality but also the software isn't up to date and performance is a bit patchy convention. so is the marginal smartphone from germany a realistic alternative. escape for us good you can buy a better smart phones for that money but they're not sustainable nor are they trying to be in this particular case you're paying about 150 to 200 euros more for modular design i think it's a realistic alternative for anyone prepared to pay that and just sees a smartphone as an everyday object a tool it wouldn't appeal to nerds like me who are after borderless designs and thin designs and displays designs on displays and alpha for the use of the shiny and it's. a much a smartphone is one possible way of making the industry more sustainable but shifts

weinstein's figures lag far behind the market ladens and things align to decide that way for the forseeable future. so the situation in congo and ghana isn't likely to change anytime soon either and people here will continue to pay the price down throw away consumers and. government it's a big if you think of smart phones globally they tend to be replaced every 20 months or so that you know how to fix it lose on the most sustainable solution in general for digital devices is to use them for as long as possible before then. long lasting phones that can be more easily repaired and a higher recycle enclosure would already go some way to let's hope we reduce the mountains of waste in guyana and making our use of smart phones significantly more sustainable.

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