Since it has become widely known that mobile phones contain both valuable and toxic parts, governments around the world have been pressuring mobile phone makers to make phones greener and to initiate schemes that would increase recycling rates. This has led to a large number of manufacturers launching innovative schemes which use incentive and motivation to get people to recycle more. Most people say that the things that hold them back the most are the fact that mobile phones are difficult to recycle or that they weren’t even aware it was a possibility. A recent study showed that there are literally billions of phones sitting in drawers around the world that could be recycled for parts or even re-used.
Companies like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and AT&T are now offering incentives for their customers to recycle phones. Studies have shown that people are more likely to take part in those green activities that offer them some kind of reward. This reward can be in the form of cash, vouchers to stores, or even donations to charity. Even if it is a small amount, people feel better about themselves if they are donating to a worthy cause and are much more likely to recycle a phone if they think it will go to charity. The main reason to recycle phones is not for the reward but to keep them out of landfills.
Mobile phone batteries contain chemicals that can be very harmful to environment and when they leak into landfills they can end up contaminating water supplies.
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