ENVIRONMENT

Phoneraiser was founded in 2003 to provide an environmentally responsible way to raise funds for a wide variety of organizations. We strive to be a leader in fundraising by offering an innovative and simple venue to dispose of potentially hazardous cellular waste.

Did you know?

Numbers of phones: Used cell phones are plentiful! Inform, an independent research organization, issued a study explaining that there are more than 500 million used, out-of-commission, and obsolete cell phones in homes and offices across America.

Environmental hazards: If not disposed of properly, cell phones are damaging to our air, soil and water:

• One cell phone can pollute up to 132,000 liters of water.
  
  
• Cell phones (and other electronic devices) contain toxic substances such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, and beryllium that pollute the air when burned in incinerators and leach into soil and drinking water when buried in landfills.
  
  
• Cadmium can damage kidneys when transfered through air and food.
  
  
• Lead accumulates in land fills and can cause damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems.
  
  
• Mercury gets into our water supply, accumulates in living organisms, and travels up the food chain. The principal exposure pathway is through our food, eventually causing brain damage.
  
  
• Phoneraiser campaigns are great for our environment because all collected cell phones and ink jet cartridges are either refurbished or disposed of using only the most ecologically sound methods.