BODYSHOP

BODYSHOP CAMPAIGN

Ever wondered what to do with your old mobile phone? The Body Shop have a solution, which is both environmentally friendly and will also raise funds to support victims of domestic violence.

To encourage people to do something useful with their old mobile phone handsets, The Body Shop have joined forces with a mobile phone recycling company, and will collect customer's mobile phones, and in so doing, will raise badly needed funds for Women's Aid.

Each mobile phone recycled will raise €4.00 for Women's Aid.

All you have to do is drop your old handset to your nearest Body Shop: this link will help you find your local store.

Recent research from the UK shows that over three quarters of a million handsets may simply have been dumped in a drawer or thrown in the bin since Christmas alone.

Approximately 15 million mobile phones are replaced every year. The average consumer replaces her or his mobile phone every 18 months.
Mobiles contain many toxic substances, including arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, copper, zinc, and brominated flame retardants which can be released into the air and groundwater when burned or disposed of in landfills, creating threats to human health and the environment
Many batteries contain cadmium or lead, both probably human carcinogens and toxic to wildlife. They can pass through the food chain to the liver, and can cause kidney damage and even death at high exposure levels
The cadmium from one mobile phone battery could pollute 600,000 litres of water, which would fill one third of an Olympic size swimming pool

The Body Shop International Plc has over 1,900 stores in 50 markets worldwide. A global retailer of high quality toiletries and cosmetics, it is also committed to environmental protection and respect for human rights. It develops trading relationships with communities in need; is against animal testing in the cosmetics industry; and encourages education, awareness and involvement among its staff and customers.