Circular Economy

This prompt made me think of phones, specifically how most phones are more easily replaced than they are to fix. Products like phones are always being upgraded and new products are always coming out. This fuels our consumerist society. I think that in a circular economy, products like phones would only have one model and there would be more accessible ways to fix them.  I also think that people could customize the functions of their phones based on what they would use them for. This way each phone would be able to be unique to each person and there would be less of a need for endless amounts of add-on products that are marketed to us presently. The phones could also be sent to the companies if someone changes how they use their phone, and if there is new software. I also think that the parts could be used to make other products if the phone is no longer being used. The parts could be recycled and used for other purposes. While this is just brainstorming an idea, I think that ideas like these can help us distance ourselves from the consumerist habits that we hold when it comes to products like these.