Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The statistics are similar for mobile phones, except that phones are discarded even more quickly than PCs. Jim will be there to help kick things off and to report back on the latest industry news from Europe. greentech electronics waste mobile phone Recycled and Refurbished Computers mobile phones event'

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. A recent World Economic Forum report estimates that shifting to this model could add more than $1 trillion every year to the global economy by 2025 and create 100,000 new jobs within the next five years. Here is ADB's story.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 26, 2007

Last weekend I met Canadian filmmaker Sylvain l'Esperance, whose wonderful documentary about life in the Niger Inland Delta region of Mali was showing at the Toronto Hot Docs film festival. Folks like The Other Michael Stein have been blogging for a while now about the value of cell phones in mobilizing advocacy campaigns.

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