Basically, they have a biodegradable plastic. They use this plastic to make cell phone covers which contain a sunflower seed, so when you throw it out you get a sunflower. Cool, no?
Here you just give them back to the shops for recycling (or there are phone recycling bins around somewhere I think.) When I needed a new battery in my phone a year ago I ended up getting a new phone (same model) because it was £30 for a new battery, £50 (minus £10 if I traded in my old phone) for the new.
Ooh, I just learnt that you can recycle phones (and printer cartridges) for charity, that's cool :0)
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Date: 2004-12-06 04:37 pm (UTC)Ooh, I just learnt that you can recycle phones (and printer cartridges) for charity, that's cool :0)
The shelter idea is a good one too.