Why Recycle your Mobile Phone

According to recent surveys there are as many as 60 million redundant mobile phones in the UK, all of which are potentially hazardous to the environment.

With the increasing number of new models on the market and the publics desire to upgrade every 18 months this only compounds the phone mountain by another 15 million a year.

With only a staggering 10% being recycled on an annual basis the problem is sure to get worse. Moreover waste from mobile phones have become a major environmental issue for the world as a whole, in particular some of the many substances used to manufacture mobiles contain some of the deadliest toxins known to man, these include Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium, Palladium, lead and Beryllium.

By using Earth Mobile you will be helping the environment dispose of these harmful toxins in a controlled manner, and at the same time tackling global issues via charity donations and where phones can be re-used in developing countries giving access to communications to people that do not enjoy the advanced telecoms we have in the UK.

Please do your bit for the environment now and encourage your school or business to take part in one of our collection schemes or simply send us your phone now.

Just one mobile phone battery contains enough cadmium - a toxin and carcinogen - to pollute 600,00 litres of water.

That’s a third of an olympic sized swimming pool!