If there is one thing that is proportionately wrong about technology, it is how the relation of technological advances ratios out to the actual benefit of the technology for the environment. This last decade saw a continuous rise of technological advancements in the field of portable electronics. In just the past few months we have seen dozens (if not hundreds) of mobile phones being released and re-released.
While we all do need mobile phones, we most commonly only need one. But what really happens to mobile devices when they are no longer meant to be used? Some might prefer selling their old models (there is always eBay), but a time will come when a device, with not collector’s value, cannot be sold any more simply because it is too old. There are millions of mobile phones that fall under this category, but that is just a portion of what comprises the total amount of junk phones we have today.
Properly disposing and recycling mobile phones may be a daunting task, but it is not impossible. Just take Scope for instance. Scope is a charity for people with cerebral palsy; recently, they run a quick mobile phone recycling drive that would earn the charity 3 Pounds for every mobile phone recycled.
In a single week, Scope reportedly managed to get over a thousand mobile devices, which means they have surpassed the original record for most phones recycled in a week (which was 954; according to the Guinness Book of Records).
Charities are not the only ones doing their part. Mobile network operator Orange also has its own recycle and rewards program which offers incentives for people who bring in their old phones for recycling.
For more info on Scope and the recycling drive, head straight to the source.
