Vodafone, headquartered in England is the second largest mobile telecommunications group in the world. Servicing clients in several different markets, Vodafone is dedicated to making the world a better place through the promotion of mobile phone recycling. Vodafone has not only promoted recycling but has taken and extra step in working with charitable organizations to aid these efforts.
In 2005, Vodafone partnered with England’s National Autistic Society to collect phones. All money received from the recycling of these mobile phones was donated to the non-profit organization that works with autistic children in the UK. Vodafone donations are completed through a third party company, Fonebak, which dismantles and reuses parts when possible and disposes of unsalvageable phones as mandated by recycling laws. Mobile phone recycling for charity is a good way to dispose of an old mobile phone.
This is not the only step Vodafone has taken toward helping the environment. In an effort to become a “green” company Vodafone has put programs in place to recycle everything from office equipment such as desks to computers and their various component parts. By reselling these parts Vodafone can ensure that their equipment doesn’t end up in a landfill. Vodafone has also reduced the size of the packaging and looks for new ways each day to make production more efficient.
These measures are just one of the many reasons Vodafone is one of the largest, most successful mobile phone companies in the world. Vodafone even includes a return envelope with new phone purchases to make the recycling process easier for customers or allows them to drop the phones in a Vodafone store for recycling mobile phones.
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