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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. In alignment with the organization's Emmaus Social Movement roots, ADB started as and remains a major employer of chronically unemployed and disabled people. ADB now collects approximately 180,000 mobile phones per year.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Technology Review published a survey of the role of mobile technology in the developing economies this past January. Going beyond the merely anecdotal, the article tried to put some metric on the role mobile technology plays in growth in these countries. percent, or around US$12 billion for an economy the size of China.

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