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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. frist ps0t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    michael's dumb

  2. 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.

  3. 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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    If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
  4. $.52 additional state-911 tax why????? by matto14 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah you don't need service but I pay Nextel an additional state-911 tax of $.52 a month so that those broke ass bitches can report a false slip and fall claim in front of my business and then raise my insurance. yeah thanks

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  5. Re:Recycling? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What I'd like to know is, what are we going to do about the massive amounts of leaves that trees produce? Selfish trees, they produce leaves, then they abandon them all over the place at the first cold front. It's so environmentally irresponsible I'm getting choked up just writing ths.

    mean, surely there's some kind of recyling program out there which can reclaim these discarded tree leaves. Either that or people who have trees on their property should be charged an environmental tax Maybe we can collect leaves and give them to people in the third world who don't have the benefit of leaves themselves.

  6. A Few Thoughts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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