As more and more mobile phone companies come on the market, selling over a billion new mobile phones total each year, it’s easy to see why landfills are filling up with millions of pounds of waste mobile electronics. Mobile electronics are very dangerous when put in a landfill site, not only because of the flammability of their batteries, but because of the toxicity of the devices themselves. Many of these devices contain palladium, trace amounts of arsenic, and other unfriendly substances.
While they’re perfectly safe to use, mobile phones contain a toxic mixture that can leech out of them as they decompose in a landfill. The plastics and electronic components contain toxins, as well as heavy metals such as gold and silver. Combine this with the copper wiring and other metals, and it can be quite a dangerous combination. However, with proper mobile phone recycling, such as that being performed in the EU, those dangerous chemicals and toxins can be rendered inert, and the environmental impact reduced.
Companies that recycle mobile phones such as CellForCash and TalkGreen are wonderful companies, both of which will pay you for your used cell phones. If they’re in good condition, free of problems, and functional, those companies will pay you for your old mobile, then break them down and sell them for the raw materials. In this way, not only can you as a consumer be more responsible with your waste electronics products, you can recycle your mobile phone for cash!
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