Did you know you can recycle your phone almost entirely?
If you’re hanging on to your old mobile phone, you’re not alone. Nokia’s Global Consumer Survey reveals that three out four people don’t think about recycling their devices; half are unaware that it is possible to do so; 3% of people recycle their mobile phones globally; 4%, are being thrown into landfill; and 44% are simply being kept at homes never used. Others are giving their mobiles another life in different ways, one quarter are passing on their old phones to friends or family, and 16% of people are selling their used devices particularly in emerging markets. Globally, 74% of consumers don’t think about recycling their phones, despite the fact that around the same number, 72%, think recycling makes a difference to the environment.
Between 65% and 80% of a Nokia device can be recycled. Plastics that can’t be recycled are burnt to provide energy for the recycling process, and other materials are ground up into chips and used as construction materials or for building roads. In this way nothing has to go to landfill. If every mobile phone user recycled just one unused phone, nearly 240 000 tonnes of raw materials would be saved. Phones are better off being recycled because 100% of the materials in your phone can be recovered. They can be used to make new products – from musical instruments to gold rings or even a park bench. Recycling means we don’t need to extract and refine as much material for new products, saving energy; chemicals; and waste. If every Nokia user recycled just one unused phone at the end of its life, together we would save nearly 80 000 tonnes of raw materials.
Nokia has collection points for unwanted mobile devices in 85 countries around the world, the largest voluntary scheme in the mobile industry. People can drop off their old devices at Nokia stores and almost 5 000 Nokia Care Centers. To find your nearest take back point, visit www.nokia.com/werecycle.
Have you ever noticed that your cell phone charger stays warm even when you aren’t charging your phone? That’s because it is constantly 
Single handedly scaling Himalayan glaciers to save the environment is the title of the third advert in the three-part series. This is the story of DP Dobhal who climbs to the edge of sharp Himalayan peaks, 13 000 feet up, to measure melting glacial mass. His research will help India respond to what potentially threatens a billion people downstream. “These stories demonstrate the great lengths to which people go to save the environment. But for the man on the street, the title of hero can be earned through far simpler and less extreme measures. By just choosing glass consumers will automatically be reducing their personal carbon footprint – a move that is as easy as it is smart,” says Loftie-Eaton. The seven-week campaign will be exposed through a variety of mediums, including national radio, newspapers, magazines, and street pole adverts. “To prove we’re serious about our carbon footprint we’ve also included social media and cell phone messaging thus saving on ink; chemicals; paper; and trees. Furthermore, street promotions executed on foot will save on carbon dioxide emissions,” concludes Loftie-Eaton.
onsol is inviting all local green-heroes to submit stories about their own extraordinary environmental saving endeavours, which, if significant enough, could be rewarded by South Africa’s leading glass manufacturer. For more information on the campaign and the competition see: 
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