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Environment

Mobile phones and the networks that connect them have environmental impacts at every stage of their lifecycle – from manufacture and use through to disposal.

We focus on reducing these impacts at the stages where we have direct control and use our influence to encourage others to reduce environmental impacts at other stages.

 Diagram of environmental impacts on mobile industry from a life cycle perspective


Recycling phones

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We collect old mobile phones, along with accessories such as batteries, chargers and headsets. Many are refurbished for reuse.



Energy use

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Limiting our contribution to climate change is a priority. We have developed a strategy to reduce our energy use and limit our impact on climate change.


Data summary

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The summary includes data on reuse and recycling, energy, transport, waste, ozone depletion and water use.