What is Answerbag?

Ask questions and share your knowledge with the world here on Answerbag. Get the best answers where there are no duplicate questions and questions are always open - our community of over 1,129,000 will find your answer!

Join For Free!
 

How to Save African Gorillas by Recycling Cell Phones

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Related Tags: cell | recycling | gorillas | eco | coltan
 

Instructions

  • Step 1:
    Look for a recycling program that accepts old cell phones. You can find them by looking online or by contacting your local zoo. Zoos such as the San Diego Zoo are spear-heading the effort to raise awareness of cell phone recycling, which can reduce the need for mining coltan, thus saving the habitat where gorillas live.
  • Step 2:
    Resell your cell phone. Companies like Eco-Cell take unused cell phones and refurbish them, then sell them to developing markets in Latin America and Africa.
  • Step 3:
    Hold a fund raiser where you can raise money for your school or another organization that you belong to by holding cell phone recycling events.
  • Step 4:
    Donate your cell phone to a local zoo. They can help recycle the phone.
  • Step 5:
    Sell your cell phone on auction sites or in the classifieds. You can buy programs which can erase the data in your phone, so your private information remains private.

Resources


Related Content
How to Dispose of an Old Cell Phone
It's exciting to get the latest cell-phone model with all the new additions and features. But what do you do with your old cell phone? Do you just throw it away? You have some options. You can...
How to Recycle Used Phones
Most cell phone owners trade in their handset for a newer model every two years or so. If you've decided to say goodbye to your phone and pick up a newer model, there are plenty of recycling...
How Does a Recycling Plant Make Money?
Instructions Gathering Materials From the Public Step 1: A recycling plant makes money by reselling used materials. There are a couple of ways the materials are sold. Either the waste company will...
Electronics for an Eco Friendly Home
So Anne, you were telling me about the three R's, the three things people should remember as they are going out shopping. Yes it's called the Waste Hierarchy basically. They are Reduce, Reuse, and...
About Cell Phone Recycling
Believe it or not, cell phone disposal is a major issue. Because average cell phone replacement rates generally hover around two years, and an average of seven million people in the U.S. currently...