New Scheme To Recycle UK Mobile Phones

A group in the UK is setting up a system to recycle the 15 million mobile phones replaced each year. Each phone will be tested and sent to other places in the world where they’ll work with the local network. If they can’t be used, then they’ll be stripped for spare parts.


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