January 25, 2008, 2:57 pm
Cash from Trash
Did you know there’s enough gold in 200 discarded cellphones to make a wedding band? That and other potentially lucrative facts can be found in this video, The Secret Life of Cellphones, from a nonprofit called Inform. It seems there’s a massive pent-up consumer demand for cellphone recycling, and not enough services to meet the need. Entrepreneurs, start your engines.
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"Future Boy" is the nom de plume of Chris Taylor, award-winning journalist and futurist. Currently the West Coast Editor of Fortune Small Business, he previously served as San Francisco bureau chief of Time magazine, where he wrote the magazine's first stories on tech trends such as Google and the iPod. In 2005 he became "Future Editor" of Business 2.0, where he edited the "What's Next" section, and where the Future Boy column and blog were born. Chris was born in Liverpool, England and was educated at Oxford and Columbia Universities.
I am a start up green company looking to expand in all things green. In truth, with the cell glued to my ear, I never considered its life span and how it is recycled. I am definately looking into this.
You’ve been trashed!!!
http://www.greenbugz.com
Recycling Today For A Greener Tomorrow