Recycling venture aims to scale mobile phone mountain
News The Fonebak scheme is the first mobile phone recycling scheme to involve all five of the UK's mobile phone operators as well as the Dixons Group of retail stores. It claims to benefit both business and the environment, and if successful it should...
[September 24, 2002, 12:34]
Mobile phone ewaste recycling
Talkback Who wants a 2 year old phone in the UK? It's an interesting point to note, given that the WEEE directive clearly states that circuit boards from Mobile phones should be recovered. The other point to note is that there are a few companies offering...
[September 6, 2008, 13:48]
Photos: Recycling the mobile mountain
News An exhibition has opened at London's Science Museum looking at the issue of mobile phone recycling. However, tighter recycling legislation is forcing manufacturers to come up with new and innovative ways of disposing of old phones.
[April 4, 2006, 12:20]
UK's mobile phone mountain keeps growing
News It operates a recycling scheme in partnership with Greener Solutions -- one of several mobile phone recycling schemes in operation in the UK -- where unwanted handsets can be left at any one of The Body Shop's stores.
[January 6, 2004, 12:50]
Nokia trials handset-recycling kiosks
News Mobile-phone users can drop off their devices or accessories for recycling or servicing at Nokia kiosks We've been at the forefront of driving environmental initiatives in the mobile industry for over a decade, and Nokia Malaysia is the first to...
[September 19, 2008, 12:20]
Chip ushers in the disposable mobile
News Several handset recycling schemes already exist, including Fonebak, and the Mobile Phone Recycling Scheme. TI has created a single chip that integrates most of the computing functionality needed by a mobile phone.
[January 25, 2005, 13:20]
Nokia urges users to recycle mobile phones
News Nokia said it is aiming to encourage recycling of unwanted devices through a series of campaigns and activities, providing information on how to go about recycling old devices, chargers and other mobile accessories.
[July 9, 2008, 9:35]
Mobile makers sign up for recycling
News Mobile phone manufacturers have signed a declaration to tackle the problem of recycling mobile phones. Recycling the phones means that rather than simply throwing them into landfill sites, the handsets -- which include precious metals such as...
[December 20, 2002, 11:22]
SMS answers London's recycling SOS
News The text service has been built by Incentivated Limited and integrates the company's online mobile marketing platform with the Recycle for London database of up-to-date recycling information across all the Greater London boroughs.
[September 16, 2005, 16:45]
Micro-USB to be phone-charger standard
News The EU's WEEE directive makes manufacturers responsible for some of the costs associated with recycling their equipment, and a broadly applied standard could remove the need for a new charger to be distributed with every phone or accessory.
[September 20, 2007, 12:30]
'Green' mobile phones a long way off, says report
News Also, although most vendors offer recycling options, less than five percent of the world's handsets will be recycled ethically in the end, according to a report released by ABI Research on Monday. Among this year's concept designs, Nokia's Remade...
[December 4, 2008, 9:36]
Brits splash cash on gadget stash
News Craig Andersen, of the Community Recycling Network, suggests anybody who is hoarding high-tech toys and gadgets should contact their local authority. The average household reportedly has £254 worth of technology picking up dust -- with old mobile...
[August 19, 2002, 8:40]
Printer makers rapped over refill restrictions
News It arrives as mobile phone makers said they would back a programme for recycling handsets, which often contain hazardous substances. An article in the "Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment" dealing with product design is...
[December 20, 2002, 12:29]
How your old mobile could make a difference
News Falkirk-based recycling company The Recycling Appeal runs a programme whereby a portion of the funds generated from the sale of used mobile phones and empty ink cartridges is donated to charities. Jamie Rae, chief executive of The Recycling Appeal...
[December 23, 2004, 15:20]
Personal data exposed via eBay storage
News A study last year by UK PC recycling firm Remploy e-cycle showed that data is erased from less than a quarter of discarded PCs, while 75 percent of firms sold or gave away unwanted PCs but only 23 percent of these wiped hard disks before getting...
[September 14, 2005, 13:15]
Confessions of an IT Eco-Sinner
Blog The sections on IT and mobile phone recycling and disposal are excellent. There are obviously legitimate recycling facilities in India but also a thriving black market which unless WEEE is properly policed will see a lot of the extra waste which...
[September 18, 2008, 9:13]
Apple edges closer to green goals
News Apple provides takeback options for customers in 95 percent of the countries where its products are sold; offers free recycling of any manufacturer's computer or monitor if it is replaced with an Apple product, takes back any make or model of...
[October 15, 2008, 9:41]
Keep your code clean to make it green
Blog Yesterday, my contribution to the green ecosystem extended to recycling a few beer bottles and shredding some paper for recycling. I think the unwritten law of blogging states that if you hadn’t particularly been thinking about a topic and you get...
[November 21, 2008, 8:16]
Work still needed on e-government
Talkback Only last week I tried to find the recycling timetable for our street on our council website but it was not put online. As for what I would like from e-government in the future, it would have be easily accessable information that came to me on my...
[July 11, 2005, 19:40]
