Like most electronics equipment, mobile phones are filled with potentially toxic substances such as lead and copper. The also take up more landfill if they are just thrown away.
California has already made it illegal for consumers to just trash electronics such as computers, printers, batteries and mobile phones. Now they have somewhere to take them... back to where they bought them from.
The laws are the first of their kind in the US, but public campaigns by environmental groups are likely to force other States to follow suit.
Reportedly less than 2 per cent of American cell phones are currently recycled which translates to more than 100 million phones in landfill per year.
In Australia, the move to mobile phone recycling is way behind, Vodafone has a small voluntary program, we know of, but computer companies have been stepping up their efforts in this area.
Hewlett Packard recently announced it had partnered with Domayne to provide incentives for recyclers. This weekend (8/9 July, 2006) Sydney shoppers will be able to get 25 percent discounts on HP printers and consumables and 10 percent on desktops and notebooks by recycling their unwanted IT products (from any manufacturer).
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