Sony Ericsson has been at the forefront of reusing mobile phone components in medical equipment, cameras, and other electronic devices, but some vendors are not sure that they are going to follow the same path. According to a spokesman from Sony, many businesses are finding that it is much less expensive to use recycled components rather than building the device from scratch. Things like cameras, color displays, touch screens from old mobile phones can all be recycled and reused in a variety of electronic devices. There are already millions of recycled Sony components on the market today.
Sony has been heavily involved with the recycling of mobile phones in addition to being at the forefront in the recycling of mobile phone components. However, some of Sony’s competitors are unsure whether or not they will follow. Nokia has expressed concerns about reusing and reselling components to third party manufacturers over concerns with safety and ethics. Instead, Nokia has focuses on recycling as the primary means of keeping mobile phones out of landfills. Nokia has set up an innovative take back program where customers can drop off their used mobile phones at any of Nokia’s locations.
Nokia aims to make recycling more convenient and easy for customers after they did a study which revealed that only three percent of their customers recycle their phones. The study also showed that many customers were unaware how to go about recycling their phones and that many were unaware that it was even an option. Nokia feels that if it offers easy and convenient ways for consumers to recycle their phones that they will be able to reclaim more handsets for recycling.
Well I have to admit I have heard of Nokia vending machines for recycling mobile phones but not one from Sony yet but anything could happen still. It would just be good to see them doing more for recycling but they do anyway to save money. You can sell and recycle mobiles for cash at Sell Your Mobile
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