Mobile phone recycling is not only simple but will also help the environment and charitable causes. It is estimated that there are 90 million redundant mobile phones in the UK! Not only would disposing of these use a great deal of landfill space, but would also cause further harm to the environment due to the fact that mobile phones contain a number of potentially dangerous substances. Mobile phone recycling solves this problem by allowing the phones to be reused where possible or recycled safely where they are beyond repair.
In terms of environmental impact, mobile phone recycling stops the following harmful substances from sitting in landfill sites: cadmium (particularly in older phones), lead, brominated flame retardants and beryllium which can be emitted if the phones are incinerated. In addition mobile phone recycling can benefit developing countries as refurbished phones can be sold as a cheap alternative to new phones. This, in many cases, also generates money for charities which can go on to aid people in both those same countries and at home.
Many high street stores, particularly mobile phone retailers, collect old phones for recycling. Alternatively you can sell your phone to one of a number of on-line firms which will then recycle or refurbish your mobile. For details of this type of mobile phone recycling service visit our Sell My Mobile Phone page.
Metals, plastic and even the paper from your old manuals can be recycled, with precious metals sometimes becoming jewellery and plastic often being turned into traffic cones and buckets!
Source: www.which.co.uk 2009
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