US should follow EU's leads for universal standardized chargers, Senators say

• Americans, on average own three different charging devices

• Discarded and unused chargers alone generate over 11,000 tons of e-waste annually

Three US senators have urged the Commerce Department to develop a plan to standardize chargers across mobile devices.

Senators Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders said the US should follow the European Union’s lead “by developing a comprehensive strategy to address unnecessary consumer costs, mitigate e-waste, and restore sanity and certainty to the process of purchasing new electronics.”