May 2002

Bette K. Fishbein
(109 pp.,) ISBN 0-918780-78-0

This report examines the waste issues posed by cell phones and other wireless electronic devices: the growing numbers of these products that are purchased and discarded and the many toxic substances they contain. Also examines government policies and corporate initiatives addressing the end-of-life management of electronic products in the US and abroad and presents a series of specific recommendations for minimizing the environmental and health impacts of this rapidly growing waste stream.

Read press release about this report

Please also watch The Secret Life of Cell Phones