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Discarded Cell Phones

Posted by michael on from the nokias-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see dept.

psychictv points to a NYT story about discarded cell phones as an environmental hazard. The study mentioned in the article is available online. Every year or so we run a story on paper, disposable cell phones but even these would generate a fair amount of waste.

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  1. This probably will be reduced by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    when the phones go to a single chip. In our head.

    1. Re:This probably will be reduced by teamhasnoi · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Please mod this down to -2. It hurts me to see my parent post suffer.

  2. Maybe if they weren't built like crap... by shepd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We wouldn't have this problem.

    Oh, and now the battery clip is broken too, along with the handset piece (although, fortunately, the jack is still working). I give up on that piece of shat. Anyone want a hot deal on that phone? I might be willing to trade for something that doesn't suck...

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