Only 3% of People Recycle Their Old Mobile Phones

A survey carried out by Nokia has reported that only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones despite the fact that most have old devices lying around at home that they no longer want. Cellular News reports.

"Three out of every four people added that they don't even think about recycling their devices and nearly half were unaware that it is even possible to do so.

The survey is based on interviews with 6,500 people in 13 countries including Finland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, Nigeria, India, China, Indonesia and Brazil."

"If all of the three billion people that own mobile phones globally brought back just one unused device, we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials and reduce greenhouse gases to the same effect as taking four million cars off the road." -- Markus Terho, Nokia's director of environmental affairs.

Nokia has posted a pair of short videos to help encourage cell phone recycling on Nokia conversations.

emily | 1:49 PM | Cell Phone Recycling |
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