What Should You Do With Your Old Mobile Phone?

REUSE RECYCLE or Throw Away What does a mobile phone contain? 6,000 handsets contains about 130 kg of copper 3.5 kg of silver 340 gr of gold 140 gr of palladium How long do you keep your phone? 22.4 46.3 21.7 Months Months Months 38.2 Months What happens when its gone? 135,000,000 Thrown way Recycling one Lithium-lon battery prevents the contamination of up to liters of water, which is equivalent to three Olympic 60,000 swimming pools! Recycling 1 million mobile phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 33 cars off the road for 1 year. 11 cars Recycling 42 mobile phones would save enough energy to power an average household for a year. =7 mobile OnRecycle mobile phone recycling with onrecycle.co.uk Sources http://www.electronicstakeback.com/wp-content/uploads/Facts_and_Figures_on_EWaste_and_Recycling.pdf http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/environmobilelifecycles.pdf http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/life-cell.pdf http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/faq.htm http://prezi.com/nn9chlxehvh8/e-waste/ http://www.thesecretlifeofthings.com/#!phone-facts/c611 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Americans-replace-their-cell-phones-every-2-years-Finns--every-six-a-study-claims_id20255 17 A00,000 (11%) Recyced 17,000,000 kept