The Environmental Impact of Cell Phones

A great new infographic from Jess of WallStats.com shows the environmental impact of Cell Phone usage and disposal, and contains details like:

• 6.7Billion people on earth, 4.1 Billion Phones
• 4,221 MegaJoules of Energy
• 140 Million wind up in Landfills, containing 4.7 Tonnes of Gold

And much more, all in his classic graphical beauty.

The Environmental Impact of Cell Phones | iamgreen®.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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