Nokia, one of the world’s biggest cellular phone maker is adopting a pilot project that aims to get hold of their customer’s old phones and also get service through self-running kiosks as they strive to get people to recycle their old mobiles. This move helps to reduce the amount of wasted devices that simply get tossed into the trash bin, polluting the environment as they leach out their many chemical components into the earth when they get to the landfill. Mobile phones are some of the most prolific technological products around and some folks even have more than one in their bags or pockets.
Hundreds of thousands of these phones are discarded monthly and with proper recycling initiatives, the amount of pollution would be greatly reduced indeed. From lead that is toxic and the other caustic components such as the batteries and PCB’s that may be contained within capacitors, they are truly a nightmare in the true sense for the environment.
Most people fail to realize that like all other electronic goods, these small gadgets can be recycled and returned back into the process of making new phones. From the precious metals they contain, to minerals that are within the complex circuitry, all can be processed and re-processed into new goods in a matter of days. If you do have some of these old phones lying around the home and decide to get rid of them, don’t throw them into the bin and opt to get them recycled, its green and you help preserve nature in one simple act.