Continuing its mission to stop tech waste, one long-lasting speaker at a time, POCA audio has launched a trade-in deal on its award-winning PINE Beat. Customers can save £20 on the innovative portable speaker – which includes swappable batteries and a serviceable design – when they trade in any other Bluetooth speaker, which will then be responsibly recycled or repaired.

Last year, half a billion gadgets ended up in UK landfill – countless amounts of portable speakers among them, as they’re typically sealed plastic designs that can’t be serviced. POCA audio aims to stop this shameful waste with PINE Beat’s ‘loud for life’ promise; this new trade-in deal is a further move to promote longer listening over landfill.

Here’s how the new trade-in deal – currently a UK-only offer – works. Simply buy a PINE Beat from the POCA audio website, using the code SWAP20 at checkout. Along with your new speaker you’ll receive a pre-paid label: pop your old Bluetooth speaker in the shipping box, slap on the new label and drop it off at any Royal Mail Post Office or Parcel Postbox within 5 days.  As soon as POCA audio receive it, you’ll be refunded £20. The old speaker will then be responsibly recycled or given a second life if it can be repaired. 

About PINE Beat

Launched this summer, PINE Beat has already scooped a Wallpaper* Smart Space Award for Best Portable Sustainable Step Forward. The high-performance portable speaker also acts as a power bank, with its easily swappable batteries extending both the life of the product and its off-grid playtime. PINE Beat and its accessories are made from sustainable materials – including traceable ocean waste plastic, recycled aluminium, natural rubber, recycled silicon, and organic cotton –  plus PINE Beat is also serviceable, making it Loud for Life®.

Batteries are normally the first part to fail in electronics, so POCA audio designed PINE Beat with user-swappable batteries. PINE Beat is also serviceable and upgradeable: for example, the circuit board could be updated with a future-generation Bluetooth chipset.

PINE Beat’s compact battery (which offers 30 hours of playtime) can be swapped out in seconds, meaning ultimate playtime is only limited by the number of spares you take on your adventures. Its go-anywhere credentials are further boosted with an IP67-rated durable, sand-proof and waterproof design, plus a range of performance-enhancing accessories, sustainably made in the UK, so PINE Beat adapts to your lifestyle. Here’s more on the line-up.

Hang it. Stick it. Plant it. Anywhere

Mag Base Make PINE Beat magnetic with this strong-hold base made from recycled silicone and traceable fishing nets, collected and repurposed in the UK. It comes with an adhesive stainless steel disc you can stick anywhere you want to enjoy a PINE Beat speaker: from paddleboard or kayak to your bathroom shower.

Cord Simply screw this adjustable-length lead  - made from recycled plastic bottles - into PINE Beat and secure it just about anywhere with its super-strong carabiner. Hang it from a tent or nearby tree; tie it your backpack or fashion a carry handle: the choice is yours.

Peg  Plant and elevate your sound without losing a beat with this durable spike, which can be easily collapsed and neatly stowed away on the side of PINE Beat when not in use. Like Mag Base, Peg is made from traceable fishing nets, collected and recycled in the UK, plus recyclable aluminium and recycled silicone.

Pricing and availability

PINE Beat is available to buy direct from the POCA audio website, priced £170 including a 30-month warranty. Extra batteries, plus all the accessory options, cost £25 each, with money-saving bundle deals available. The speaker is also available at Buy Me Once, and will shortly be for sale on Amazon UK. Please note the POCA audio website offers affiliate commission options via AWIN and Skimlinks.