Recycling and phone chucking combined in Finnish championships
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 09:22:45
Finland is the home of Nokia and as such has been one of the most important nations in the development of the mobile phone market over the past two decades.
However, it is also one of the few places in which you can participate in the mobile phone throwing world championships, which were held for the 12th year in a row this month, according to The Telegraph.
This event really is as simple as it sounds, with participants encouraged to throw old, unwanted mobile phones as far as they possibly can, to see who has the best technique or the strongest throwing arm.
This year it was Ere Karjalainen, who managed to wow crowds with his mobile phone throw which reached 322 feet and beat the previous world record. Speaking about the success, Karjalainen said that spending the previous day drinking had not impeded proceedings.
There are three categories of throwing to participate in; one for straight forward overarm lobs, one for freestyle throwing, which is more about the way in which the phone is chucked and one for those aged under 12 years.
The whole competition is very light hearted and is ultimately intended to raise awareness about the need to recycle old mobile phones, rather than simply chucking them into the bin. All of the handsets that are used in the event are unwanted and after they are thrown they are collected to be recycled.
There is also a mobile phone throwing competition held in the UK, with the second place participant in the recent Finnish event having taken the top prize back in Blighty.
Anything which helps to alert people to the benefits of mobile phone recycling and also endow the oddly talented with some recognition, must be seen as a good thing.
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