The issue of global warming and pollution is much talked about of late – more so than previously with the sudden change in weather and climate. Most people when confronted with the grim, harsh realities that global warming and environmental damage pose simply reply with: “Well what can little old me do? And what’s in it for me”

That’s right, people would rather see the world freeze over and the oceans dry up before they make any sort of contribution simply because there is nothing specifically in the equation that can or will benefit them in some way, or they don’t feel that they as a single person can do anything to change or stop it.

However you can easily help little by little to change the world for the better, or help slow down the effects, by doing simple things like recycling. Everyone in this day and age has a cell phone. And the majority of us get bored of our cell phone within a year decide to upgrade. What do you do with the old one? Throw it away? Collect them in your drawer? Or give it to your child to play as a toy?

If we recycle more mobile phones then this means that we will reduce the amount of land that has to be set aside specifically as landfill zones which in turn can be used for far more productive and socially beneficial usages such as low income housing, more farming, or renewable energy power supplies. Recycling means that less money and energy has to be expended for the mining of the various minerals which are consumed during the manufacturing process for the production of mobile phones where such processes are polluting and hazardous to the environment as well as the workers.

Recycling also helps to cut costs and will actually help increase the profit margins of the companies who sell and manufacture the mobile phones, allowing them to pay more generous salaries to their workers, more competitive severance packages as well as reducing the temptation by upper level managers to cut corners and implement risky operating protocols to make more money. When it comes to the issue of recycling mobile phones, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.