| Westchester County in New York will soon
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| | industrial machine that just keeps
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| be one of the first places in the U.S. to
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| | churning out every conceivable kind of
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| require consumers to recycle their old
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| | product. Cell phones are no exception.
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| cell phones. The legislation will be
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| | The Chinese Ministry of Information
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| backed up by fines of up to $250 for
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| | Industry estimates that Chinese producers
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| people caught trashing their old phones.
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| | will turn out 340 million cell phones in
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| Jurisdictions across the country have
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| | 2006, including 250 million for export.
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| been wrestling with the problem of
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| | The growth was even more impressive in
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| outdated phones ending up in landfills
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| | 2005, when China produced 303 million
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| and being burned in incinerators. The
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| | phones, up 30 per cent from the previous
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| phones contain harmful chemicals and
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| | year. And the country exported 228
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| heavy metals like arsenic, zinc, copper
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| | million phones, up a whopping 56 per cent
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| and lead.
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| | from 2004.
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| Many areas of the country have voluntary
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| | A growing number of these phones were
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| recycling programs. Most put the onus on
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| | Chinese domestic brands -- 13.21 million
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| cell phone retailers to recycle phones
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| | phones, up 106.2 percent from the
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| when new ones are purchased. But the New
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| | previous year. Almost half of those --
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| York county law is one of the first that
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| | 6.05 million sets -- were Bird mobile
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| makes it mandatory for consumers to
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| | phones.
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| recycle their old phones -- and backs it
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| | **Cell Phones being used for Porn
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| up with fines.
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| | It might not be terribly surprising, but
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| **Similar law in California
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| | Google research suggests cell phones are
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| California has a similar law which
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| | used to search out porn sites more
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| prohibits residents from thowing away
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| | frequently than PC searches.
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| cell phones. The same law also bans
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| | Google's Mobile Search is what is used on
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| disposal of common batteries.
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| | cell phones to seek out websites and
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| Verizon Wireless has been instrumental in
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| | images. Two Google researchers, Maryan
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| providing recycling channels for U.S.
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| | Kamvar and Shumeet Baluga analysed a
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| cell phone users. Through the program
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| | batch of 1 million search queires and
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| called Verizon Wireless HopeLine the
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| | found that one in five mobile searches
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| company accepts used cell phones at its
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| | were on adult material.
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| retail stores and then refurbishes and
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| | This is more than twice as frequent than
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| resells them.
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| | for desktop searches, where Google's
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| The proceeds are used to provide cash
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| | figures are only 8.5 percent for adult
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| grants, free air time, and cell phones to
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| | searches. For PDAs its only 5 percent.
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| non-profit organizations and law
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| | The researchers speculated that mobile
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| enforcement agencies to aid victims of
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| | phones are seen as more personal and
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| domestic violence.
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| | private devices, and do not leave the
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| Verizon is now also accepting spent
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| | same telltale surfing trail.
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| batteries and rechargeable batteries. The
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| | The Googlers speculated that people see
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| still-functioning rechargeables are
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| | their mobile phones as more personal and
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| recharged and recycled.
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| | private, and therefore were more
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| Since the Verizon HopeLine program began
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| | comfortable making adult queries. A cell
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| in 2001 more than 2.5 million phones have
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| | phone can be a more favorable device than
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| been collected - 850,000 in 2005. In
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| | a home or work PC because phones are
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| Southern California alone more than $
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| | typically only used by one person.
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| 260,000 in HopeLine grants were awarded
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| | These numbers do not quite line up with
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| to domestic violence agencies. In
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| | those provided by they ICM Registry --
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| addition, more than 660 wireless phones
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| | the ICANN endorsed agency that monitors
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| with a year's prepaid airtime were
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| | adult traffic. They say that more than
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| donated to domestic violence agencies.
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| | 10% of all online traffic and 25% of all
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| They are used to aid survivors.
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| | global Internet searching is
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| **China to Produce 340 Million Cell
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| | adult-content oriented. In June 3005, ICM
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| Phones in '06
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| | said there were over 100,000 adult
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| The world's insatiable appetite for cheap
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| | webmasters worldwide operating more than
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| goods is matched by China's impressive
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| | one million adult domains.
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