Facts
Mobile Phone Facts
- It is estimated that there are over 3 billion mobile phones world wide (Source: news.bbc.co.uk).
- It is estimated that 15 million handsets are replaced each year in the UK (T-Mobile).
- Mobile phones contain valuable metals such as gold which can be recovered from phones when they are recycled.
- Many potentially hazardous chemicals can be found in the phones, including antimony, arsenic, copper, cadmium, lead, and zinc (National Geographic) however careful management through reuse and recycling can reduce the risk these chemicals can have on the environment.
Mobile Phone Treatment
- Often old mobile phones are left in cupboards and drawers or even thrown into the bin.
- Nearly all mobile phones can be reused by people in developing countries
- All phones collected by Fones4Schools will either be reused or recycled.
Achievements
Since its launch in 2004 Fones4Schools has:
- Donated over £3 million worth of cash and prizes to schools and participants.
- Diverted over 125,000kg of waste away from landfill sites.
- Helped promote sustainability, and conserve natural resources through reuse and recycling of phones and their materials.
Here are some amazing facts about recycling
Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled.
Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.
9 out of 10 people would recycle more if it were made easier.
