Back Market’s Slow Tech Summit Made a Stand Against Upgrade Culture

When a typical smartphone is made, it needs approximately 266 kg of raw materials and produces 80% of its carbon footprint in the first minute it’s turned on. As well as having a number of environmental effects, extracting the materials also comes with ethical and geopolitical costs.This is where Back Market’s Slow Tech Summit comes in. Taking place in Paris last week, the one-day event aimed to explore how we can make devices last at least 10 years as an alternative to buying a new smartphone....