Wireless Facts and Figures

• In recent surveys, only 5-8% of cell phones are recycled each year, and approximately 70% of consumers did not even know they could recycle their cell phone.
• Surveys also suggest that approximately 90% of American consumers would recycle their cell phone if there was a convenient manner for them to do so.
• The average life span of a cell phone is only 16-18 months.
• It is estimated that approximately 148 million cell phones will become obsolete and be discarded annually in the U.S.
• There are an estimated 700 million expired cell phones stockpiled in the U.S., mostly kept in drawers because people do not know what to do with them.

• The circuit boards in cell phones contain myriad toxins such as arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. Brominated flame retardants are found in the plastic housing, printed wiring board, and cables. The lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride batteries contain heavy metals such as cobalt, zinc, and copper.
• Many of these chemicals are Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) and have the potential to be released into the air and groundwater when burned in incinerators or disposed of in landfills, thus creating unnecessary threats to human health and the environment.
• Preliminary testing by the Department of Toxic Substances Control has shown that cell phones are likely to be determined hazardous at end-of-life and will require management under Universal Waste regulations, which must be recycled or managed as hazardous waste. Disposal at an unauthorized site or landfill is a serious crime as well as a serious environmental threat.

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