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Article

27 Feb 2008

Author:
Michael Malakata, CIO

Nokia Launches Recycling Initiative in East Africa

Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa that offers consumers a structured way to dispose of old mobile phones and accessories. The move comes amid fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing risk of hazardous toxic chemicals in the developing world. Consumers can drop off old mobile phones, including handsets from other manufacturers, at designated Nokia centers in the region... Dorothy Ooko, communications manager for East, Central and Southern Africa,...[said the] initiative...is backed by all key mobile-phone vendors including LG, Matsushita-Panasonic, Motorola, Phillips, Samsung and Siemens.