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Why Recycle?
picture of mobees in the bin Mobile Phone Facts
  • There are now more mobile phones than people in the UK, not surprising given that around 1700 mobile phones are upgraded every hour (if placed end-to-end these would form a line as long as 18 double-decker buses).
  • The 15 million phones we upgrade every year in the UK contain a total of almost four tonnes of silver and 600kg of gold.
  • It's estimated that 90 million mobile phones are languishing in cupboards and drawers around the UK, sat end to end, would stretch round the edge of a football pitch 38000 times!
  • The average mobile phone owner has two phones that they do not use – that's two phones that they could be sending in to your Girlguiding UK Recycling Appeal.
  • When you buy a new mobile phone it leaves a carbon footprint of 32 global square metres – by recycling and reusing phones we can reduce the negative impact they have on the environment.