Climate change is occurring at an alarming rate and has many broad-reaching impacts on human health, the economy, and the stability of the natural environment. Increased emissions of greenhouse gases that trap heat and block it from escaping the atmosphere drive significant global disruption to climate systems as we know them. Low-income, indigenous, and communities of colour are already bearing the brunt of climate change and are disproportionately on the front lines of environmental disasters. A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity.
We at SellMyiPhone are passionate about doing our part to help, it is the very reason our business exists. 1.4 billion mobile devices are manufactured annually as consumers satisfy their desires to have the latest technology, the vast majority of these are upgrades to replace perfectly functional devices. Much of our e-waste is simply discarded, and the UK alone produces 1.45 million tonnes of e-waste each year.
When life around the world returns to normal, our world cannot return to business-as-usual. We have the ability to make a difference in every industry, but that can only happen when we work together. Join EARTHDAY.ORG to Restore Our Earth as we come together to make clear that climate action and restoration cannot wait. Restore Our Earth focuses on natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems. In this way, the campaign rejects the notion that mitigation or adaptation are the only ways to address climate change.
Restore Our Earth encompasses goals and actions including reforestation, regenerative agriculture and sustainable food, plastic clean-ups, climate literacy, and citizen science. From capturing carbon and supporting the health and resilience of communities, to advocating for compulsory, assessed climate education, we have the ability to make lasting changes.
By recycling your device with SellMyiPhone you can save a device from ending up in a landfill, prevent habitat destruction caused by the mining of raw material used to make phones, and reduce carbon emissions related to mobile phones, the 85-95% of which are produced during the manufacturing phase.
More than 1 billion people in 192 countries now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Today, I invite you to be a part of Earth Day and to help further climate action across the globe.
Restoration is imperative to fighting climate change and making the Earth a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. It’s time to step up. It’s time to make a change.