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The average mobile phone user will replace their handset once every 18 months. It is estimated that less than 20% of all unused mobile phones in Ireland are currently recycled.

The cadmium in the battery from a single old phone could seriously contaminate 600,000 litres of water, enough to fill a third of an Olympic sized swimming pool.

Lead - which effects the immune, endocrine and central nervous systems, and cause serious damage to children's brains - is used to solder components to the printed wiring boards.

Brominated flame retardants, used in wiring boards and plastic cases, have been associated with cancer, liver damage and problems with the neurological, immune and endocrine systems.

Beryllium, which can cause serious lung damage, is used in contacts and springs and highly toxic dioxins can be emitted if the phones are incinerated in waste plants.

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