| Once upon a time, a task had to be completed and | | | | we inflict to our environment, we ALL have a role to |
| someone was asked to do it. Someone thought that | | | | play and we can ALL make a solid contribution albeit it |
| everyone would do the task and so they did not do it. | | | | a very small one. From small seeds do large trees |
| Everyone in turn thought someone would do it and in | | | | grow and flourish and so if we all play our part we can |
| turn no one did the work and everyone lost out. | | | | make a significant amount of progress. |
| This parable conveys an excellent message about the | | | | So why should you recycle old mobile phones? |
| very essence of human nature: when it comes to hard | | | | Phones are non biodegradable and for those of us |
| work or anything even remotely approaching it, we are | | | | who are scientifically inclined, this simply means that |
| very quick to shirk from our responsibilities and refuse | | | | they will not decompose anytime soon but instead |
| to heed the work we need to do. We spend more | | | | survive for a century or two. |
| time procrastinating and trying to diminish our | | | | This may not sound like such a bad thing but when |
| involvement we become complacent as to the issue | | | | you consider that there are several billion tons of |
| of whether or not a task is being performed, this | | | | mobile phones worldwide, it is plain to see that this |
| means that the end result is usually not a pretty one. | | | | poses a major risk to health and the environment. |
| Part of the problem with global warming and the | | | | Recycling your mobile phone means that we can |
| pollution that sweeps across the world is that so many | | | | actually break down obsolete, unwanted phones and |
| of the world leaders have been too quick and too | | | | begin to put them to good use which in turn reduces |
| keen to simply sit back and adopt the mentality of: | | | | costs and also means that we do not end up creating |
| “its not my problem, someone else can deal with | | | | more pollution by having to mine more minerals or |
| it.” | | | | having to incinerate the unwanted phones that we |
| When it comes to the issue of combating the damage | | | | currently do not know what to do with. |