E-Solutions USA: Environmental Recycling: Cell Phones

Did you know...

An estimated 130,000,000 cellular telephones will end up in landfills this year?
There are more than 500,000,000 used cell phones sitting in people's drawers?
Only 10% of cell phones are recycled each year?

Many of these devices contain toxic elements such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic that could contiminate the land and water supply.

Recycling cell phones helps the environment by saving energy and keeping useable and valuable materials out of landfills and incinerators. Cell phones are made from precious metals, copper, and plastics—all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Recycling these materials not only conserves resources, but prevents air and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, if all of the cell phones ready for end of life management in the U.S. are recycled, we could save enough energy to power more than 18,500 U.S. households with electricity for one year.

E-Solutions helps you do your part by recycling your old cell phones.