Environmental Impact of Mobile Phones
Movie performed, scripted and edited by Margot Potts-
Mobile Phones have been well adopted into the Australian culture. Now, 90% of Australians own as use Mobile Phones, but this has led to a mass production of the appliance, and like any appliance, phones will soon break and be discarded.
It has been estimated that over 19 million mobile phones lay around Australian households unused and if these phones are not disposed of properly they will become a problem to the environment.
When disposing of your phone you must bear mind to excess Packaging.
The definition of excess packaging is: Packaging that should be designed such that its volume and weight be limited to the minimum amount necessary for safety, hygiene and acceptance by consumers.
This refers to the packaging of Mobile Phones and the Mobile Phone itself.
The environmental problem with Mobile Phone excess packaging would be the materials used to create them are not recycle properly and instead end up in landfills where they can never be re-used. This begins to stunt our already limited resources and the mobile phones could take years to break down in the earth.
In 2011 487.7 million phones were sold while only 11.28 million were recycled.
This, as the Pie shows an alarming lost of resources.
Although there are alternatives to this problem. Mobile Phone recycling is were you can donate your dead phones to recycling booths, and they will re-used 80% of your phone to save on resources. All Phones are accepted in all conditions.
The companies that provide this service are:
-Telstra
-E-Waste
-Optus
-Nokia
and more!
Another environmental impact mobile phones inflict is the amount of energy they consume.
The Mobile Phones them-self do not take too much energy, but the Networks that connect them leave quite the carbon footprint.
If you were to spend 1 hour a day on your cell phone your yearly Carbon Emissions would be 1250kg, so with millions of people spending multiple hours on their phones adds up to a huge amount of Carbon Dioxide to be released.
The Environmental Impact of Mobile Phones will not change until people begin to act responsibly and come up with solutions and plans, but in time, we can only hope that society will open its eyes and begin to change its ways.
It has been estimated that over 19 million mobile phones lay around Australian households unused and if these phones are not disposed of properly they will become a problem to the environment.
When disposing of your phone you must bear mind to excess Packaging.
The definition of excess packaging is: Packaging that should be designed such that its volume and weight be limited to the minimum amount necessary for safety, hygiene and acceptance by consumers.
This refers to the packaging of Mobile Phones and the Mobile Phone itself.
The environmental problem with Mobile Phone excess packaging would be the materials used to create them are not recycle properly and instead end up in landfills where they can never be re-used. This begins to stunt our already limited resources and the mobile phones could take years to break down in the earth.
In 2011 487.7 million phones were sold while only 11.28 million were recycled.
This, as the Pie shows an alarming lost of resources.
Although there are alternatives to this problem. Mobile Phone recycling is were you can donate your dead phones to recycling booths, and they will re-used 80% of your phone to save on resources. All Phones are accepted in all conditions.
The companies that provide this service are:
-Telstra
-E-Waste
-Optus
-Nokia
and more!
Another environmental impact mobile phones inflict is the amount of energy they consume.
The Mobile Phones them-self do not take too much energy, but the Networks that connect them leave quite the carbon footprint.
If you were to spend 1 hour a day on your cell phone your yearly Carbon Emissions would be 1250kg, so with millions of people spending multiple hours on their phones adds up to a huge amount of Carbon Dioxide to be released.
The Environmental Impact of Mobile Phones will not change until people begin to act responsibly and come up with solutions and plans, but in time, we can only hope that society will open its eyes and begin to change its ways.