| Most families today use more than one mobile phone. | | | | mishandle them. Also we see people wetting their |
| Often a single individual has more than one phone. | | | | mobile phones. |
| There is also a tendency to change one's handset | | | | These discarded unused and partially or fully damaged |
| frequently because either people get bored of their | | | | handsets from a huge amount each year. The |
| existing one or simply want to upgrade to a better | | | | question is how to dispose them successfully. Some |
| phone with more features. The direct result of this is | | | | companies go in for exchange offers where you get |
| the piling of such unused phones in your home and in | | | | a discount on the new mobile by bringing with you |
| your environment. There is also a trait seen among | | | | the old or damaged set. Most of these however are |
| most mobile phone users is that they seldom go for | | | | sold as scraps. |
| repairs. This invariably means that if your phone gets | | | | The mobile phones are made up of toxic materials, |
| damaged, even slightly, they discard the handset | | | | which are harmful for your health and the |
| immediately, instead of repairing it cheaply. The main | | | | environment. So you cannot just dump them. Special |
| reason for this is the lack of time with people | | | | care is taken to dismantle and destroy them or reuse |
| nowadays as well as the option for cheaper sets | | | | them and there are quite a few initiatives taken for |
| available in the market. So even if you had the best | | | | this purpose. For example ReCellular Inc., the largest |
| of phones like Motorola V3, it would now be time to | | | | recycler and reseller of used wireless phones and |
| recycle Motorola V3. | | | | accessories in the world, make it a point to arrange |
| The concept of cheaper sets is often a misleading | | | | recycling camps and awareness programs to make |
| one. The point is that if you know the technology | | | | sure that people know what to do with their unused |
| and the expertise used to create a single handset, | | | | gadgets instead of simply throwing them away. |
| you will think twice before discarding it. The price of | | | | Mobiles phones can be recycled and they are the |
| these sets is artificially lowered to sell as much sets | | | | pioneers in it. They have associations with over 2,000 |
| as possible. So by selling more quantities of sets the | | | | organizations working at the grassroots levels like |
| companies hope to make bigger profit. But the | | | | local boy's scouts and charities. Moreover they also |
| customers, due to this, get the option of cheap | | | | have collaboration with Easter Seals, Goodwill |
| mobiles which they do not take care of the way | | | | Industries, the Body Shop, and the March of Dimes |
| they should. Most people do not clean their sets | | | | etc. |
| regularly. They place in it damp places and often | | | | |