Datasheet Mobiles
Today your mobile is the essential fashion accessory, with personalised cases and personalised ring tones making your own lifestyle statement. And as the latest gotta-have piece of hi-tech communication hits the street, the old mobile gets traded in down at the Orange Shop, to join our ever increasing waste mountain.
There are about 45 million mobiles in the UK and every year 15 million of them get discarded. Some are refurbished and sold again but most of them are shredded and landfilled.
But EU regulations are coming on stream very shortly which will force manufacturers and retailers of anything that runs on electricity to set up schemes for recycling old equipment as soon as the customers have finished with it. Everything from washing machines and TV sets to MP3 players and torches will be included and companies are struggling to find new applications for recycled materials. This is where Smile Plastics get involved.
The batteries, SIM cards and electronics are removed and Smile convert the cases to 6-8mm thick sheets that can be used to make tabletops, display panels, or just hung on the wall as works of art. Each phone case can be seen in distorted, tortuous detail, compressed into two dimensions but still clearly identifiable as someone’s personalised mobile, saved from the landfill and preserved for ever as a table top or even as the latest style in coasters.
The sheets are made from nothing else but old mobiles, no additives, no resins, just plastic phone cases. They are available at 1200 x 800mm and approx 6mm thick.
There are about 45 million mobiles in the UK and every year 15 million of them get discarded. Some are refurbished and sold again but most of them are shredded and landfilled.
But EU regulations are coming on stream very shortly which will force manufacturers and retailers of anything that runs on electricity to set up schemes for recycling old equipment as soon as the customers have finished with it. Everything from washing machines and TV sets to MP3 players and torches will be included and companies are struggling to find new applications for recycled materials. This is where Smile Plastics get involved.
The batteries, SIM cards and electronics are removed and Smile convert the cases to 6-8mm thick sheets that can be used to make tabletops, display panels, or just hung on the wall as works of art. Each phone case can be seen in distorted, tortuous detail, compressed into two dimensions but still clearly identifiable as someone’s personalised mobile, saved from the landfill and preserved for ever as a table top or even as the latest style in coasters.
The sheets are made from nothing else but old mobiles, no additives, no resins, just plastic phone cases. They are available at 1200 x 800mm and approx 6mm thick.
Company:
Address:
Mansion House, Ford
Shrewsbury, SY5 9LZ
United Kingdom
Phone +44-(0)1743-850267
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SmilePlastics
Mansion House, Ford
Shrewsbury, SY5 9LZ
United Kingdom
Phone +44-(0)1743-850267
Overview Materials
All Materials
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