Why Google announced Chromebooks will last for 10 years
Thousands of PIRG supporters, teachers, PTAs, and students called on Google for longer-lasting Chromebooks in schools. The tech giant listened.
Lucas
Gutterman
Director, Designed to Last Campaign, PIRG
Started on staff: 2016
B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lucas leads PIRG’s Designed to Last campaign, fighting against obsolescence and e-waste and winning concrete policy changes that extend electronic consumer product lifespans and hold manufacturers accountable for forcing upgrades or disposal. He got his start as a PIRG student volunteer and organizing director where he helped register thousands of voters and win zero waste campaigns to stop plastic pollution. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his partner, where he enjoys perfecting his espresso recipe.
We just can't continue to be on this disposability treadmill.
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Posts by Lucas Gutterman
FTC, responding to PIRG and Consumer Reports letter, finds most smart products fail to disclose expiration dates
You don’t own your Peloton bike—even if you bought it secondhand
The FTC can stop companies from making electronics spoil like milk
Windows 10 expires in 1 year, junking millions of PCs. Here’s how we pushed Microsoft to extend support for schools and why we’re advocating for more.
120 top astronomy researchers call on FCC to study satellite mega-constellations, SpaceX’s Starlink
Federal Communications Commission licensed tens of thousands of new satellites, all exempt from environmental review
