Thismay disappoint you. Only 2% of our cell phones get recycled. Yes, it is sad to know that although a lot is being done to keep the environment green by employing Go Green ideas and keep it free of any toxic material, the results are not impressive. In fact, its is astonishing to know that only 2% of the used cell phones get to the recycle process -which is a pretty bad, in fact, very bad number.
I was reading this blog-onlygizmos-and they had this ABI research report figures on after effects of used cell phone. According to the report:
1. Only 6% of the used mobile phones are furbished again.
2. Only 8% of mobile phones are disposed properly
3. In 18 years, only 8% of the mobile phones are either refurbished or disposed.
Now the numbers above are an unpleasant sight. With these low percentages, it seems the the “keep environment green” slogans are a mere a talk-talk business.
Though each cell phone company is trying to do something from its side for a better and cleaner environment, the outcome doesn’t look good. See the effort list by the cell phone brands -
· Samsung very recently introduced its solar powered “Blue Earth phone which is made out of plastic waste.
· Apple does minimum packaging for its products to reduce carbon footprints in transit.
· Nokia used junk material to make a cell phone and had introduced a TakeBack program to recycle the used cell phones.
· Motorola had cell phones made out of 100% recyclable material to keep the phones eco-friendly.
· Google has put up its recycled mouse to help the Go Green initiative on sale.
That’s good effort, though with inefficient results. Perhaps, apart from working on making eco-friendly phones, attention should be given to what is being done to the used cell phones. Hopefully, with that done, things may look better.
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