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Waste not, want not: A new lease of life for Razer gear

Yap Hui Bin
Last updated: July 22, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Yap Hui Bin
Published: July 22, 2024
4 Min Read

Don’t toss out your malfunctioning Razer gear just yet. Singapore-based gaming peripherals brand Razer is working to make gaming more sustainable, and has come up with ways to keep your Razer gaming gear going on for longer. 

At a youth and sustainability forum held as part of Go Green SG – a national movement aimed at fostering environmental responsibility in Singapore, Razer announced that all base models of mice, keyboards and headsets launched from this year will incorporate recycled materials. That means less raw materials used in manufacturing Razer gear.

One such product is the recently released Razer Viper V3 Pro mouse, with its top shell made up of 85 per cent post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR). But recycled plastics tend to be more brittle, which can affect the durability of the product. Razer’s solution for this is to expand its offering of replacement parts.

Razer CEO Tan Min Liang (left) with and attended by Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment at an event on July 12. PHOTO: Razer

Since Razer products are quite pricey, it makes sense to try and fix them rather than throw them away and splurge on something brand new.

Currently, only a few replacement parts can be found at the Razer retail and online stores, including ear cushions and detachable mics for headsets and dongles for mice. 

“The replacement part programme is meant for our customers to be able to source for replacement parts and do simple fixes themselves,” said Kenneth Ng, Razer’s global sustainability lead.

“Razer believes in the philosophy of repairing our products rather than discarding them once they are faulty,” he added. “As such, we designed products that encourage repairability and are in the process of expanding the list of replacement parts available for our gamers.”

But if “do it yourself” fixing of faulty gear is beyond your skill, Razer’s customer support team can give some advice on repairing the product.

As a last resort, bring your non-functional Razer products to RazerStores for recycling via their appointed plastic recyclers and they will offer you a S$10 voucher to purchase a new product. Alternatively, you can drop your malfunctioning gear off at official government e-waste collection points for recycling. 

PHOTO: Razer

Tan Min Liang, CEO and co-founder of Razer, explained that the company has started early in the journey of sustainability and accounted for the cost in their operations. “Being environmentally responsible is something that all companies have to do at some point,” he said. 

Apart from incorporating sustainability to its products, packaging, supply chain, headquarters and storefront, Razer is also engaging with youths and investing in startups that focus on sustainability.

The company is also committed to reduce its emissions by 90 per cent and cut supply chain emissions intensity by 55 per cent by switching to renewable energy in a bid to lower carbon emissions.  

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