Mobile phones in the trash

2004/02/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Ingurumena

Each year 15 million mobile phones are replaced and only 4% of old phones are recycled. During the Christmas season the number of phones that have been thrown into the garbage increases considerably. Components of mobile phones contain harmful substances for health or the environment that can reach the atmosphere or water when burned or deposited in landfills. Many users do not know the possibility of recycling these components.