Comments on: Cell phone recycling http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cell-phone-recycling-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:03:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cell-phone-recycling-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91000 Laura Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/cell-phone-recycling/#comment-91000 This is really good information, especially since the cellphones often need to be replaced or updated every time you change your plan. I've also heard of giving them to battered women's shelters. I don't know if it's true, but I've heard that even a dead cellphone can be used to dial 9-1-1. This is really good information, especially since the cellphones often need to be replaced or updated every time you change your plan. I’ve also heard of giving them to battered women’s shelters. I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ve heard that even a dead cellphone can be used to dial 9-1-1.

]]> By: JayMonster http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cell-phone-recycling-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91002 JayMonster Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:54:41 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/cell-phone-recycling/#comment-91002 I have to admit that while this all sounds good and dandy on the surface, it is also a nice idea to find out who is behind some of these groups. The fact is that some of them just "dump" the old technologies on poorer countries where laws are not quite so "strict" Cell phones, like computers contain lead, mercury and other environmentally bad things, and dumping them "elsewhere" (The old "Not in My Back Yard") is not good enough. Some sample articles covering this problem: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/02/25/computer-waste.htm http://mayfirst.org/node/59 http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/02/50645 So yes, recycling is always good, just know who your recycler is, and what they are going to do with the parts and phones they can't use. I have to admit that while this all sounds good and dandy on the surface, it is also a nice idea to find out who is behind some of these groups.

The fact is that some of them just “dump” the old technologies on poorer countries where laws are not quite so “strict”

Cell phones, like computers contain lead, mercury and other environmentally bad things, and dumping them “elsewhere” (The old “Not in My Back Yard”) is not good enough.

Some sample articles covering this problem:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/02/25/computer-waste.htm

http://mayfirst.org/node/59

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/02/50645

So yes, recycling is always good, just know who your recycler is, and what they are going to do with the parts and phones they can’t use.

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