Environment Resources
Here you can find resources from the GSMA and third-parties that are relevant to this area.
GSMA
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Mobile Phone Lifecycles Report and executive summary (English)
Other lanuages versions of the executive summary:
Arabic (PDF)
Chinese (PDF)
French (PDF)
Russian (PDF)
Spanish (PDF)
- Mobile Phone Lifecycle animation
- Mobile Phone Lifecycle flyer (PDF)
- Environmental Impact of Mobile Communications Devices (PDF)
- Recycling of Network Equipment and Mobile Phones (PDF)
- Environmental Impact of Mobile Communications Networks (PDF)
- Green Power for Mobile program
- Universal Charging Solution
- Health & Environment e-newsletters
External Resources
- Integrated Product Policy (IPP) Pilot Project on Mobile Phones, European Commission.
- SMART 2020 Report by GeSI and The Climate Group, 2008.
- Emerging responsibilities: Managing environmental impacts of end-of-life mobiles in developing countries, Forum for the Future, 2007.
- Recycled Cell Phones—A Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet no. 3097, 2006.
- Earth Calling…The Environmental Impacts of the Mobile Telecommunications Industry, Forum for the Future, December 2006.
- Return to vendor - how second-hand mobile phones increase access to mobile services, Forum for the Future, 2005.
- Coltan Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo: How tantalum-using industries can commit to the reconstruction of the DRC, fauna and Flora International, 2004.
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