Cell+Phones



Cell phones contain toxic materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. When cell phones are not recycled they usually end up in a landfill, where these harmful substances can leak into the earth. (1) Cell phones also contain precious metals like gold, platinum and pallidum. Mining these materials uses nonrenewable resources, recycling your old cell phone can help slow their consumption. (2) 
 * __Why recycle?__

__Did you know?__** 
 * **Creating new cell phone uses so much electricity that recycling 1 million phones saves enough electricity to power around 185 homes for a year.**
 * **producing 18 million cell phones uses the same amount of electricity it takes to power 34200 homes for a year.**
 * **More then 500 million old cell phones are currently sitting in drawers or landfills. (2)**
 * __Sources:__**
 * (1) http://epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/plugin/cellphone
 * (2) http://www.regenersis.com/our-services/reuse--recycling/interesting-facts-about-mobile-phone-recycling