> The move comes amid EU-wide efforts to cut the continent’s carbon footprint and tackle mounting waste [...]

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> [...] if specialised tools are required, they must be provided free of charge when the phone or tablet is purchased.

So if a family buys several phones and tablets that all use the same specialized tool to change their batteries they end up with several identical specialized tools?

From a reducing waste perspective wouldn't it be better to just require that the tool be available for free for some reasonable amount of time such as however long the manufacturer is required to support the device?