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Action #013
Recycle your mobile phone
This action has been done 3,220 times which means there's roughly 322 kg less rubbish in our landfills.
How we did the maths
There are 75 million mobiles in the UK alone. That's a hell of a lot of annoying ring tones, and worse, it equates to 1500 tonnes of landfill. The same as burying a World War 2 destroyer. And despite the strong desire to grab the bloke on the train's Flip Up 2200 and chuck it in the nearest bin, resist. Bins are not the place for phones. Various schemes including Fonebak and Envirofone gives an old handset a second life.
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Useful powerpoint stuff
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Recycle More, Waste Less Action Tracker
All our actions to help you Recycle More, Waste Less. Colour in a smiley face every time you've done an action.
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Links we like
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Act on CO2
Calculate your carbon footprint.
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html -
Freecycle
Swap things for free!
http://uk.freecycle.org/ -
Recycle this
Interesting ideas of ways to recycle unwanted items.
http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/ -
Recycle now
Ways to recycle in the UK.
http://www.recyclenow.com/ -
I knit
A club, shop and sanctuary for knitters in London.
http://www.iknit.org.uk/ -
Turning around technology
Regenersis is a provider of after sales product support to many technology brands. They fix failed products, find a new market for it or recycle it safely and responsibly.
http://www.regenersisplc.com/ -
Oxfam request
Wanted: Mobile phones and other gadgets that you don't want
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The Recycling Appeal
The Recycling Appeal collects mobile phones, PDAs and printer cartridges for reuse and recycling, raising funds and helping the environment.
http://www.recyclingappeal.com/ -
Green Mobile
A carbon zero service that saves you money and raises funds for green charities.
http://www.greenmobile.co.uk/ -
Envirophone
Help the environment, de-clutter your house and earn some cash by recycling your old mobile phone.
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Webbli World
WebbliWorld is a virtual world that kids can explore, inhabit, belong to and share. It is a world that promotes caring, responsible behaviour and gives kids the opportunity to voice their opinions on topics that matter, such as the environment, climate change and recycling in an accessible and memorable way.
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Let's All Share
A website to help you recycle unwanted goods instead of throwing them away, and renting or lending rarely used items rather than buying new ones.
http://letsallshare.com/ -
Money for your phone
Gives you money for your old mobile phone.
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Recycle electronics
Green Source recycle printer cartridges, mobile phones, PDAs and IT Equipment and donate a proportion of the money raised to charity.
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Zero waste project
Follow the blog of the Green family who are working towards a zero waste household. They update daily on tips and experiences to show that reducing household waste is possible, saves you money and helps to protect the environment.
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London Recycling
All of your recycling needs answered here.
http://www.london-recycling.co.uk/specialist.html
Stats
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about mobile phones
- There are 75,565,000 mobile phone subscibers in the UK. The population of the UK is 61,400,000, showing many people have more than one phone.
- The top ten mobile phone using countries in order are: China, India, United States, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Germany, Pakistan, Italy. The UK is number 11.
- You can earn up to £200 for recycling your old mobile phone.
- Mobile phones are on average only used for 12 to 24 months until they are replaced by new handsets. As a result, over 100 million mobile phones are unused in Europe every year, and that number is growing.
- Do you know it's illegal to put your old handsets in household waste?
- There are estimated to be 66 million old and unused mobile phones in the UK
- Less than 10% of these are recycled
- Around 24.5 million phones are upgraded each and every year ....which would mean the "phone mountain" is potentially increasing year on year by at least 17.9 million phones!
- Phones can add to the to the burden of landfill and potential toxins from batteries and plastics can leak into the ground
- Every phone can either be re-used or recycled
- Re-use of phones is better for the environment - no new raw materials are required, and the life of the phone is extended.
Recently Posted
RECYCLE MOBILE PHONES: SEND THEM TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES!!!
My cousin is able to refurbish mobile phones and we donate them to people in Colombia, South America. 22 June 2010, 20:26The William Allitt Secondary School has recycled 39 old mobiles to date
The William Allitt Secondary School in Swadlincote, has so far recycled 39 old mobile phones - our Eco-Council sends them off to Money4Schools, then uses the cash raised to purchase equipment needed for the Eco garden at school.14 April 2010, 21:51
easy way to make money
i always recycle my old phones now especially that im on contract so i get a new phone every year. this year i recycled with enviro phone and i got 30.00, mazuma is good as well. http://www.mazumamobile.com/ 12 February 2010, 01:45Mobile Phone Recycling Comparison
Thought this may be of interest to your online community you can compare which mobile phone recycling companies pay the most cash whenyou recycle mobile phones.
You can choose to sell mobile phones to any of the following recyclers at http://www.mobilephonerecyclingcomparison.co.uk
Recycle your mobile phone
So far we have recycled 43 phones through the foneclub system and raised £107.50 for the school 01 October 2009, 13:33