https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45969676
This was a very interesting article as its a question that always permeates my mind during hard rubbish collection day. There are so many products I hold on to because I don’t know where or how to trash them. As an audiophile and music producer, When it comes to the Gerrard Street Headphones subscription model, it actually sounds highly practical. The amount of headphones I got through because the foam becomes damaged, or a chord falls out, is highly cost inefficient. To replace the foam as it becomes damaged, and replace the chord when needed would save huge amounts of money in the long run and be more eco-friendly and practical because why throw away the headphones when all the components but one don’t work, it makes more sense to replace that single component. My roommate has been doing this modular system with his headphones for years, although not necessarily a perk of the headphones he buys. The headphones themselves are close to $500USD, so when a chord breaks, he usually purchases an aux cable online and soulders and glues this chord to the damaged part. For a company to build their product around this system is a win win for everybody and prevents the haphazard tinkering my roommate has to do, with a simple dispose and swap.