VENTURES AFRICA – Orange and Emmaüs
International have launched their 5th African mobile telephone recycling
facility in Abidjan as part of its ongoing commitment to encouraging
recycling of mobile devices. Since 2005, Orange promotes the creation of
partnerships in Africa that aim to support local initiatives processing
140 tonnes of waste and creating 30 jobs created since 2010.The event was marked by the first container loaded with 10 tonnes of mobile waste leaving Côte d’Ivoire for recycling in France. Mobile use is growing fast in Africa, making it a major environmental issue. There are 500 million mobile devices on the continent, and millions of discarded handsets often simply thrown away or burned due to the lack of recycling facilities in the majority of African countries.
For Orange, which is present as a network operator in 20 African countries, the recycling of mobile phone waste is one of the major commitments of its CSR policy. Thanks to the workshops set-up by Orange and Emmaüs International, this waste is now being collected for transport to France for recycling
In 2013, Orange recycling initiatives in France (collections at Orange stores and premises, collections from Orange’s major corporate clients, defective devices returned by customers and devices recovered through the “mobile second life” offer) have led to the collection of nearly 750,000 mobile phones.
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