Mobile phone recycling aids endangered animal
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 13:12:28
Nokia, known worldwide as a company which embraces ethical operations and green-oriented schemes, has started a new mobile recycling campaign in the Philippines, to protect a small, tree-dwelling animal known as the tarsier.
Little is known about tarsiers, which are only found in certain parts of the world, but the habitats in which they take up residence are becoming scarcer and now money is needed to keep them safe and sustain their numbers in the wild.
The mobile phone recycling initiative will see the rollout of recycling bins across a number of mainstream stores in the Philippines, so that residents can hand in their unwanted devices and do their bit to help this creature.
Nokia is also donating a large amount of money in order to help further the work that is achieved as part of this project.
Nokia is already well acquainted with the world of mobile phone recycling and it operates a global network of schemes which spans 100 countries and encompasses at least 6,000 recycling points, at which old devices can be deposited.
In the Philippines, it is working hand in hand with Globe Telecom and a number of other businesses, in order to make sure that this scheme is as successful as possible.
So far, around 5,000 old phones have been donated, which has allowed Nokia to generate a decent amount of money to help protect and preserve the habitats in which tarsiers live, although more is needed.
In the UK, there are many charity schemes to which you can donate an old mobile phone. You could also sell your old mobile phone online and use the money you receive for it to give to the charity of your choice, which means that it can certainly be a rather altruistic act.
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