Mobile phone recycling is a critical responsibility of the individual

Choosing to sell an old, unused mobile phone for cash has proven a very ecologically friendly method of encouraging people to choose to recycle mobile phones to benefit the environment and discourage them to add their old handsets to the growing landfill sites.The large mountain of old mobile phones that already lie in landfill sites all over the world are posing enough of an ecological danger to our planet as they leak hazardous chemicals and dangerous toxins into the soil, poisoning flora and fauna The speed in which the mobile phone market offers the next step in technology is one of the reasons why mobile phone recycling has become so important. It is thought that the maximum and average lifespan of an average person’s handset before they upgrade is only 18 months which creates a growing number of handsets that are potentially damaging to the planet if disposed off in the wrong way.