Six years after my current laptop was purchased, I am going to replace it. The initial cause: one component I cannot find a replacement for - a dilated fan. In the meantime, I also got issues with the keyboard, which a replacement might possibly be found - I didn’t check since the fan issue has no apparent solution.

It is sad that I am being made to replace it before the #RightToRepair European directive was transposed to Portuguese law, but I am still hoping that soon this sort of #ewaste is a thing of the past.

“Fun facts”:

• Laptops account for about 40% of all e-waste generated in the European Union;
  
• Over 90% of a laptop’s environmental impact occurs during the production stage.