14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has updated its USB Power Adapter Takeback Program, which initially covered US and Chinese customers, to several new territories in key areas around the globe.
According to the updated support article backing the initiative, the USB Power Adapter Takeback Program is now available in the following countries with the following price points (for swapping your old adapter): United States ($10 USD); China (¥68 CNY); Japan (¥1,000 JPY); Australia ($14 AUD); Canada ($11 CAD); United Kingdom, France, and Germany (€10 EUR).
What you do is visit your local Apple shop with your presumably questionable charger in hand, and they’ll swap it for a genuine Apple-branded iPhone/iPad charger in exchange for the aforementioned fee. The charger normally costs triple that amount, or more in certain territories.
Visit the Apple support document to learn when the program kicks off in your country.