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When sustainable choices backfire financially

I tried to buy a refurbished phone to be more sustainable but it died after three months and now I am out $300 and still need a phone that works.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to make responsible choices can be punished by unreliable alternatives, reinforcing unsustainable patterns.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Environmental cost of technology?”

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