Some mobile phones contain arsenic, mercury and other dangerous toxic substances; mobile Ni-Cd batteries contain Cadmium, a dangerous toxic and carcinogenic substance. When such significant quantity leaking into the surrounding soil in the medium and long term, toxic contamination is such formulated.
It has been reported that there are 45 million phone users in the UK and this number is steadily increasing; 58 million replacement phones sold in the EU every year with 85 million unused phones idled at household. (Communities-dominate.blogs.com, Jan 2008) Femalefirst.co.uk (2008) stated that there are three times mobile phones than automotives or personal computers worldwide, and nearly twice mobile phones in use as TV sets.
We can make a difference from mobile phones trade in to help our environment and the planet, also help a charity and a person in need.
