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Manufacturers of devices requiring DC power - mobile phones and electronic games - deliberately create a plethora of different power connectors in order to tie in customers. This means every time you buy a new phone or game, you have to throw away the charger, which is also bad for the environment. This is an area where legislation is needed to protect consumer interests. An act of parliament should be passed creating a standard committee whose approval would be needed for the introduction of any new style of connector. The manufacturer would be required to demonstrate that existing permitted designs would not meet the need of their product. The committee would also be responsible for maintaining the list of approved designs with the remit of reducing the list year-on-year. Here "design" refers to the combination of voltage level and physical shape.

Current signatories

Ben Keeping, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Karen Francis
• bob rayner
• Luke Usherwood
• Michael Traill
• Paul.E
• David May
• Duane Griffin
• Roberto Cipolla
• Lyndsey Pickup
• M.Turpin
• Geoffrey Clare
• James Morison
• Charlie Neyra
• Deborah Jordan
• Ian Clark
• terry hall
• Andrew Riley
• Leo Davidson
• P E G COPE
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• Martin Read
• Andrew C Aitchison
• Roland Butter
• Robin Message
• Nick Hill
• Alex Speller
• Ken
• jjacquir@aol.com
• Mike Wheeler
• Francis Bettison
• Graeme Winter
• Andrew France
• Ian Kitching
• Philip Hodges
• Alan Watson
• Jonathan H Green
• P. Cramond
• Andrew Gaffey
• IAN MUNRO
• Adrian Kent
• Markus Kuhn
• Graham Stevenson
• patrick taylor
• marina pacheco
• Lloyd Johnson
• paul edmondson
• Thomas Stocker
• Jeremy Stephens
• Chris Porter