the secret life of cell phones
How are cell phones related to pollution, health, and global warming? How much gold can you get out of a cell phone? You need to see this video.
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one gold ring
That’s how much gold you can get from 200 cell phones. Read more on our FAQ.
resource guide
Download our free resource guide and learn more about the effects of cell phones, how to recycle them, and what you can do.
more secret lives
The Secret Life of Cell Phones is only one video in the Secret Life series. Watch the other videos online, or order them on DVD.
Impact
Released: January 17, 2008
Online views: 87,000
Offline views: 100,000
Posted on over 80 blogs internationally
The Secret Life videos have been broadcast on television and screened at a variety of events, including but not limited to:
- The Discovery Channel’s Planet Green Network
- Comcast Network
- Earth Day events around the country
- The Hudson Valley Fair (attendance of 400,000)
- The Zero Waste Conference in Los Angeles
- Total Reclaim Inc.’s ongoing workshops in the Pacific NorthWest
- High schools and universities across the country
The Videos have also been hosted on several significant government and institutional websites, including but not limited to:
- The Environmental Protection Agency
- Eastern Illinois University
- Accountability Central
- Californians Against Waste
- Humboldt County REC
- Melodies in Marketing
- Montana Associated Technology Roundtables
- Montgomery County, MD DEP
Funders
INFORM is grateful to the following foundations and individuals for their generous support of The Secret Life series:
As You Sow Foundation
The Easter Foundation
The Ettinger Foundation
John and Olivia Farr
Stephen and Jane Land
The Joseph P. Rosen Foundation
Rosina B. Rue
John and Isabelle Silverman
The Starrett Foundation
The Gordon Smith Trust
The Weeden Foundation
Scott and Linden Wise