Give a charity an old phone
A poll for
Body Shop estimates that in the UK approx.
750,000 mobile phones have been thrown away since Christmas.
Incredibly, only
4% of people, who got new phones for Christmas, said that they would
recycle their old one...
This is a real shame as there are now a number of
companies that will
recycle mobile phones intact or break them up their
valuable components + materials...
One raw material,
coltan, is extremely valuable and has played a large part in
fuelling a
war in the Democratic Rublic of the Congo which has claimed
3,000,000 lives.
It therefore makes sense to recycle old phones in order to
protect people + the environment!
In the US you can recycle your
mobile phone, pager or PDA at any
Staples store or via the
Collective Good website and
donate funds to your
chosen charity.
In the UK you can donate your phone to development charity
Oxfam or, via any
Body Shop, donate you phone to aid
Refuge, a charity that works to
protect women + children from domestic violence.
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