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On recycling old mobile phones

22 May 2010 By Avinash Meetoo 13 Comments

What do you generally do with your old mobile phones?

It seems that people now change their mobile phones every 18 months in the US. And, as far as I can observed, we do the same thing here in Mauritius. This implies that most of us must have 1-2 old mobile phones in a cupboard somewhere. In many countries, there are myriads of organisations which collect old mobile phones to give them to poor people. Does anyone know if there are similar organisations in Mauritius?

As for the mobile phones which are broken (or really outdated), the solution in recycling. But, once more, living in Mauritius provides no joy: I’ve just noticed that we do not have any Nokia Care points in our island (unlike Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Tunisia.) Hey, BAI people, instead of wasting time and money on buying cars that cannot be used on our roads, build a Nokia Care point. It’s better for the environment.

Filed Under: Mauritius, Technology

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  1. Yashvin says

    22 May 2010 at 18:15

    Doesn’t Orange offer to collect all those phones?
    If am not mistaken, customer care centers might be the collection points.

    hmm, I usually keep my old mobile phone in some corner, just like I do for old stuff like first camera, first mp3 player LOL!

  2. avinash says

    22 May 2010 at 20:01

    PS: Christina just reminded me that BAI has nothing to do with Nokia in Mauritius. But my joke about the DB9 was so cool in my opinion that I (finally) decided to leave what I wrote as I did. J’assume :-)

  3. fluxy says

    23 May 2010 at 14:21

    BAI maybe not, but HM Rawat, definitely. And the whole re-use idea would be even more important for computers, specially old pc’s in government schools. I’ve seen them littering around with good usable parts that could be reassembled into something really useful (Linux, Internet/Office).

    Somebody gotta do it. Who? _______

  4. avinash says

    24 May 2010 at 07:07

    @Fluxy

    I’ll blog on this important topic in a few days.

  5. Yasir says

    26 May 2010 at 13:11

    Hey BAI People >> LOL!!! You made me laugh man

    Bai is for rawat and rawat owns nokia. According to formal logic,

    B->R and R->N, Thus B->N :D

    Regarding recycling of electronics, years to come m8

  6. avinash says

    26 May 2010 at 14:44

    @Yasir

    There is a flaw in your logic:

    R1 owns BAI
    R2 owns Nokia
    R1 <> R2

    => BAI and Nokia are not owned by the same people :-)

  7. Yasir says

    26 May 2010 at 17:32

    Hmm, Therefore my statement is a fallacy :)

  8. Yee says

    17 August 2010 at 16:56

    Well, I plan to keep my old mobile phones for my kids :) When they earn their own money, they can buy a better one. Or either way, just donate it to somebody needy. Throwing it away to the bin is not an option at all, in terms of ethical and environmental aspects.

  9. Fred Farrow says

    6 October 2010 at 16:04

    I agree the recycling of mobile phones is an absolute must they should never just be thrown away nokia recycling couldn’t be easier with pleanty of great deals on offer

  10. Martin says

    22 January 2011 at 17:05

    You are raising a very valid question. I for one donate all my old mobiles to charities, whom I am sure sells them on to raise money for their cause. We all need to chip in when it comes to tackling consumerism and addressing green issues.

    Perhaps there is a business model to explore in Mauritius? I mean, here in London, you have companies based on buying and recycling mobile phones. That’s all they do.

    Martin

  11. avinash says

    23 January 2011 at 07:36

    Maybe that’s prompt one reader of this blog to do that kind of business ;-)

  12. Vidusha says

    10 February 2018 at 12:07

    Right now in 2018.
    I got some broken phones and tablet and locked phones. Repairing it will cost almost the same as a new one.anyone have any idea where can i sell them for the cheapest price in mauritius?

  13. Avinash Meetoo says

    12 February 2018 at 13:00

    Hi Vidusha,

    I would advise you to use something like Acheter Vender on Facebook. This is where your offer will gather more attention.

    Avinash

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