Comments on: Going Green: Green Cell Phones and Cell Phone Recycling http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Start a Garden, Support Local Farmers, or Join a Community Garden to Help the Environment | Bleeding Espresso http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-272542 Start a Garden, Support Local Farmers, or Join a Community Garden to Help the Environment | Bleeding Espresso Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:36:41 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-272542 [...] Green Cell Phones and Cell Phone Recycling [...] [...] Green Cell Phones and Cell Phone Recycling [...]

]]> By: Bleeding Espresso » Going Green: 20 Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-271452 Bleeding Espresso » Going Green: 20 Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:43:05 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-271452 [...] of the month, which means it’s time again to talk about Going Green. Last month we discussed green cell phones and cell phone recycling, and today we’re moving on to another way to recycle and [...] [...] of the month, which means it’s time again to talk about Going Green. Last month we discussed green cell phones and cell phone recycling, and today we’re moving on to another way to recycle and [...]

]]> By: DarrenBeck http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270486 DarrenBeck Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:01:09 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270486 Michelle - Great article. You're right. Phone manufacturing can be more eco-friendly. And, cell phones need to be designed with the end in mind. Sprint is working with manufacturing partners to find ways to bring more environmentally friendly phones to market. We're also exploring ways to add content and applications to the phones that will help consumers live greener lives. In addition, we offer a couple of free and easy options for recycling phones at <strong>www.sprint.com/recycle</strong>. Customers can receive up to $50 for returning phones, and anyone can recycle with <strong>Sprint Project Connect</strong> to support Internet safety for kids. I encourage anyone with unused cell phones at home to consider these or other programs, because the fact is most cell phones do not get recycled. The national recycling rate for cell phones is only about 10%. The remainder are destined for landfills, unless we each take action. Thanks again for bringing attention to the subject. I look forward to catching your "Going Green" posts each month. <strong><em>Excellent Darren--thanks so much for the info on Sprint!</em></strong> Michelle – Great article. You’re right. Phone manufacturing can be more eco-friendly. And, cell phones need to be designed with the end in mind. Sprint is working with manufacturing partners to find ways to bring more environmentally friendly phones to market. We’re also exploring ways to add content and applications to the phones that will help consumers live greener lives.

In addition, we offer a couple of free and easy options for recycling phones at http://www.sprint.com/recycle. Customers can receive up to $50 for returning phones, and anyone can recycle with Sprint Project Connect to support Internet safety for kids. I encourage anyone with unused cell phones at home to consider these or other programs, because the fact is most cell phones do not get recycled.

The national recycling rate for cell phones is only about 10%. The remainder are destined for landfills, unless we each take action. Thanks again for bringing attention to the subject. I look forward to catching your “Going Green” posts each month.

Excellent Darren–thanks so much for the info on Sprint!

]]> By: Suebob http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270381 Suebob Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:43:26 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270381 My last cell phone was a 3 year-old giant thing. When I got a new phone, I emailed my whole family, because I figured one of my zillions of relatives could use it and sure enough, my SIL was looking for that exact phone...something about it working on her network better than other phones...but anyway, she got a phone she wanted and I didn't have to trash mine. <strong><em>Cell phone destiny! Love it Suebob :)</em></strong> My last cell phone was a 3 year-old giant thing. When I got a new phone, I emailed my whole family, because I figured one of my zillions of relatives could use it and sure enough, my SIL was looking for that exact phone…something about it working on her network better than other phones…but anyway, she got a phone she wanted and I didn’t have to trash mine.

Cell phone destiny! Love it Suebob :)

]]> By: Lulu http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270380 Lulu Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:26:37 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270380 Hi Michelle! I'm back after an extended break. I really like your Going Green idea! What a great reminder to everyone! I've recycled a couple of cell phone to the Cell Phones for Soldiers charity. <strong><em>Great to see you again Lulu! Hey if you want to do a Going Green post here or at your place, please let me know (and that goes for everyone!) :)</em></strong> Hi Michelle! I’m back after an extended break. I really like your Going Green idea! What a great reminder to everyone! I’ve recycled a couple of cell phone to the Cell Phones for Soldiers charity.

Great to see you again Lulu! Hey if you want to do a Going Green post here or at your place, please let me know (and that goes for everyone!) :)

]]> By: Job http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270375 Job Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:41:19 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270375 My cell phone recycling comes from letting my kids use my old cell phones as toy phones. They love them and it keeps the slobber off my blackberry. <strong><em>Hah, slobberless phones are definitely a good thing, Job ;) Thanks for stopping by!</em></strong> My cell phone recycling comes from letting my kids use my old cell phones as toy phones. They love them and it keeps the slobber off my blackberry.

Hah, slobberless phones are definitely a good thing, Job ;) Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Bren http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270366 Bren Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:26:30 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270366 hey girlie girl.. .just yesterday i was thinking how much i'd love to have a green blackberry! that'd be so awesome. i need to do something cause-worthy like this for the environment as well. kudos u to you! <strong><em>Hmmm would that be a greenberry. Hahahahhahaa! Ahem. Looking forward to reading your green stuff ;)</em></strong> hey girlie girl.. .just yesterday i was thinking how much i’d love to have a green blackberry! that’d be so awesome. i need to do something cause-worthy like this for the environment as well. kudos u to you!

Hmmm would that be a greenberry. Hahahahhahaa! Ahem. Looking forward to reading your green stuff ;)

]]> By: Mikeachim / Mike at Ecosalon http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270365 Mikeachim / Mike at Ecosalon Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:42:38 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270365 Hi Michelle. :) Great stuff. I agree, the way phones are currently disposed of is inadequate, as is the way they're made, and the materials they are made from. A device that gets upgraded (ie. disposed of) every 18 months needs to biodegrade or be easily recycled. It'd be great if somewhere down the road, handsets were made of some kind of cellulose plastic or cornstarch material - something renewable that doesn't linger in landfills too long before it dissolves. But there's another key green issue with mobile phones: radiation. And to me, that's much more worrying. Electromagnetic radiation has the potential to damage or alter living tissue, and it can also affect wildlife, such as addling the natural ability of birds to use the Earth's magnetic field to guide their migrations. Mobile phones now exist worldwide in such terrifically vast numbers that the effect of radiation is a serious worry..... If you're getting a new mobile phone, look for the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) rating - the lower the better. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_absorption_rate <abbr><em>Mikeachim / Mike at Ecosalon’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ecosalon/~3/534415638/" rel="nofollow">Eco Links to Green Your Weekend</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>Thanks so much for that tip, Mike...I'm looking forward to reading more of your tips as wel :)</em></strong> Hi Michelle. :) Great stuff.

I agree, the way phones are currently disposed of is inadequate, as is the way they’re made, and the materials they are made from. A device that gets upgraded (ie. disposed of) every 18 months needs to biodegrade or be easily recycled. It’d be great if somewhere down the road, handsets were made of some kind of cellulose plastic or cornstarch material – something renewable that doesn’t linger in landfills too long before it dissolves.

But there’s another key green issue with mobile phones: radiation. And to me, that’s much more worrying. Electromagnetic radiation has the potential to damage or alter living tissue, and it can also affect wildlife, such as addling the natural ability of birds to use the Earth’s magnetic field to guide their migrations. Mobile phones now exist worldwide in such terrifically vast numbers that the effect of radiation is a serious worry…..

If you’re getting a new mobile phone, look for the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) rating – the lower the better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_absorption_rate

Mikeachim / Mike at Ecosalon’s last blog post..Eco Links to Green Your Weekend

Thanks so much for that tip, Mike…I’m looking forward to reading more of your tips as wel :)

]]> By: girasoli http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270353 girasoli Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:01:00 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270353 Great idea to do green posts! My cell phone is so old, I get laughed at when I show it to salespeople in cell phone stores. I have been looking for a new phone for a while because my current phone's battery is slowly dying. I have decided to find an unlocked quad band phone - not a simple task. Regarding recycling, my school collects phones to recycle. We get money for them. Not sure where they go, but I think quite a few schools do this now. Much better than having the phone end up in a landfill and it helps out schools at the same time. Looking forward to your next green post :) <abbr><em>girasoli’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.slowtrav.com/blog/girasoli/2009/02/bridge_photohunt.html" rel="nofollow">"bridge(s)"~ PhotoHunt</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>Glad you enjoyed the post, and thanks for the tip on schools...another great option for cell phone donating!</em></strong> Great idea to do green posts! My cell phone is so old, I get laughed at when I show it to salespeople in cell phone stores. I have been looking for a new phone for a while because my current phone’s battery is slowly dying. I have decided to find an unlocked quad band phone – not a simple task. Regarding recycling, my school collects phones to recycle. We get money for them. Not sure where they go, but I think quite a few schools do this now. Much better than having the phone end up in a landfill and it helps out schools at the same time. Looking forward to your next green post :)

girasoli’s last blog post..“bridge(s)”~ PhotoHunt

Glad you enjoyed the post, and thanks for the tip on schools…another great option for cell phone donating!

]]> By: collette~all over the map http://bleedingespresso.com/2009/02/going-green-green-cell-phones-and-cell-phone-recycling.html/comment-page-1#comment-270307 collette~all over the map Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:26:55 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=3180#comment-270307 M, I am with you on the *green* wagon. I make an effort to reduce, reuse, recycle and any other *re I can when possible. I think we've just been pushed to be more aware even though there have for many years been people practising *green* living. It's been really exciting discovering all the companies and people promoting and encouraging living green. I love it! ps. I can't remember the name or details but quite a while ago I watched a segment about a jewelry designer/maker, I believe he was Australian, using the metals found in discarded mobile phones to create beautiful jewelry. I loved his stuff. It's a small amount in each mobile and of course effort and work to scrap it but the sheer amount adds up. Interesting, non? : ) <strong><em>Very interesting! Would love to read more about him on your blog sometime (hint hint) ;)</em></strong> M,
I am with you on the *green* wagon. I make an effort to reduce, reuse, recycle and any other *re I can when possible. I think we’ve just been pushed to be more aware even though there have for many years been people practising *green* living. It’s been really exciting discovering all the companies and people promoting and encouraging living green. I love it!
ps. I can’t remember the name or details but quite a while ago I watched a segment about a jewelry designer/maker, I believe he was Australian, using the metals found in discarded mobile phones to create beautiful jewelry. I loved his stuff. It’s a small amount in each mobile and of course effort and work to scrap it but the sheer amount adds up. Interesting, non? : )

Very interesting! Would love to read more about him on your blog sometime (hint hint) ;)

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