Recycling Cell Phones By: Erika Parker Price | - One of the pressing environmental questions of 2011 is how we can do a better job of going green with our cell phones. A few years ago, before the advent of the smart phone, the EPA measured the average life-cycle of a cell phone at 18 months. Today, cell phones have even shorter lives before they are turned in for newer, better versions. That means there are hundreds of millions of phones ready for disposal on a yearly basis. Fortunately, going green with cell phone recycling is easier than eve ... Tags:going green, environmental questions
What's My Mobile Made Of? By: Tabby Smithly | - Every phone has a battery, a Lcd screen made from mercury, transmitters made from beryllium, some sort of vibrator manufactured from coltan, diodes made up of antimony, motherboard solder made from lead, arsenic-based semiconductors, bromides to keep the device from catching fire, as well as a shell made of PVC. Every one of these chemical compounds, when pulled apart and absorbed, are highly dangerous. Often called persistent bioaccumulative toxins (PBTs), the united states Epa claims that P ... Tags:recycle, environment, mobile phone, other
What's In My Mobile Phone? By: Esteban Lackett | - Every mobile handset has a rechargable battery, a Lcd screen made from mercury, transmitters made from beryllium, a vibrator produced from coltan, diodes made up of antimony, motherboard solder made out of lead, arsenic-based semiconductors, bromides to help keep the phone from catching fire, as well as a outer shell made from PVC. Many of these chemical compounds, if broken down and absorbed, are extremely harmful. Known as persistent bioaccumulative toxins (PBTs), the united states Environment ... Tags:recycle, environment, mobile phone, other
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The Best Way To Sell Your Mobile For Cash By: Peter Orberie | - A snappy introduction to cellular phone recycling and exactly how anyone can easily sell your unused mobile phone handsets for cash on line.
Phone usage is continuously expanding at a incredible pace. We buy over one thousand brand new mobiles every hour, yet we throw away around 10 million old phones every year within the UK alone! It truly is astounding. So with the demand for newer cellphones and the demand for the alloys needed to make them comes with it interesting opportunities. ... Tags:sell your mobile, sell your mobile for cash, sell mobile phones for cash
What Drives The African World War? By: Stephen Reeves | - The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders has been described as the heart of Africa. Geographically it is surrounded by nine other African nations. DR Congo should be a wealthy nation. It is the sixth most mineral rich country in the world. Its landscape possesses fifty percent of African forests and a river system that could provide hydro-electric power to the entire continent. Instead it is a place where for over a decade the worlds deadliest conflict has raged killing an estimated five an ... Tags:DR Congo, rape, Coltan, African world war, laptops, tantalum
How Cell Phone Recycling Can Help African Gorillas By: Michael Arms | - Diane Fossey, the famous American primatologist, lived in the Congo in early 1967, studying African gorillas. Fossey, after the publication of several studies and photographs of her with the gorillas, almost single-handedly brought the plight of these primates to the fore of public consciousness in the early seventies. Today, it is these gorillas, particularly the Eastern Lowland Gorillas (gorilla beringei graueri) that are on the brink of extinction because of the widespread exploitation of Con ... Tags:cell phone recycling, recycle phones, Congo, coltan, African gorillas, cell phones,
Mining The Gold In Your Cell Phones By: Michael Arms | - Fact: More gold can be recycled from one metric ton of used cell phones than can be refined from 17 tons of gold ores.
Seventeen metric tons of gold ores will yield approximately .51 to 85 grams of gold - that's 0.3 to 5 grams of gold per metric ton - depending on the location of the mine. In comparison, a ton of obsolete phones can yield as much as 280 grams of gold, about 140 grams of platinum and palladium, and 140 kilograms of copper. Other materials like glass and plastic can ... Tags:cell phones, mobile phones, cell phone recycling, gold, cell phone gold,
Cell Phone Recycling And The Poison In Our Cell Phones By: Michael Arms | - There are over 262 million cell phone subscribers in the US today. On the average, cell phone users replace old units every 18 months - over 100 million units are discarded every year. About 20 percent of these old phones are recycled or sent back to manufacturers for proper disposal. What is alarming is that 10% of these obsolete phones are thrown away by users - that's over 10 million cellular phones sent to rot and leach dangerous chemicals in our landfills.
How Cell Phones Help Fuel The War In Congo By: Michael Arms | - Congo, or more accurately, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is said to be the Saudi Arabia of precious minerals. Gold, silver, diamonds, copper, uranium, and other minerals are found here in huge quantities. It is this richness in high-priced minerals, along with corruption and racism, that has brought unimaginable suffering to its people.
How To Donate Cell Phones To Charity Or Non-profit By: Michael Arms | -
Every year, 100 million cell phones are replaced or discarded in the United States. Less than 20% of this total are recycled or sent back to the manufacturers - the rest are lost, thrown to trash bins, or kept in drawers.
For years, I was one of those who never had a clue that cell phones can be disposed of properly. Many people these days have one or several cell phones stashed in a closet somewhere. After a while, when we find these old cellular phones again, these will most likely end up in the trash bin, and eventually, in our town's landfill.
Did you know that you can actually recycle your old or used cell phones? If you're like most people, you probably have an old cell phone or two hidden in a drawer somewhere. In a few months or years, you'll rediscover these hidden phones and having no further use to you, these old units will most likely end up in your garbage bin and thence, in your city's landfill.
