THE TALKIES

Made by -
Aanvi Agarwal
Eeshvi Sabharwal
Mishti Hemnani
 What is a cell phone?
Mobile phones, often known as cell phones, are portable telephones that are used for a variety of
functions, including keeping in touch with family members, conducting business, and having access to a
phone in an emergency, among others.

Phones have improved and changed over time, and they are now a necessity for most individuals
 END-OF-LIFE
Donating or recycling cell phones when you no longer need or want them extends their useful lives, and
prevents them from ending up in the trash where they can potentially cause environ-mental problems. It
depends on different brands on how long a phone can work.
 Materials used to make a talkie
Silicon - Silicon is used for talkies because it is an element with very special properties. Silicon's
electrical properties can be modified through a process called doping. These characteristics make it an
ideal material for making transistors that amplify electrical signals. China is the world's largest silicon
producer.

Plastic - often used to make shells or casing for electronics. Plastic is almost always made from
petroleum which is produced predominantly in the Middle East and Russia as well as throughout the
Americas and some places in Africa, Asia and Europe.

steel - often used for the casing in many electronic products. Steel is made from iron which is mined
more in China than anywhere else.

Aluminium - Aluminium frequently used in the casing of electronics. Aluminium is produced

predominantly in China.

Copper - Copper used to make the wiring in electronics. Copper is mined in many different countries, in
Chile more than anywhere else, but also in the United States.
 Recycling

Considering all the materials used in your talkies, it is a wise choice to keep these devices
out of the trash. According to the Minerals Education Coalition, about 140 million talkies
are discarded every year. These phones contain approximately 2,100 metric tons of copper
and 3.9 metric tons of gold, among other metals, plastics and glasses that could be kept out
of landfills. If you want to keep your discarded phone from the landfill, the Environmental
Protection Agency offers a list of recycling centers that recycle talkies.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
It's an environmental disaster, because building every phone
requires the polluting extraction of irreplaceable elements like
gold, cobalt or lithium. To make matters worse, the average user
switches talkies every two years without recycling the retired
device, generating toxic waste and squandering materials.
 LIFE CYCLE OF A CELLPHONE
There are six major components in the life cycle of a cell phone:

1.materials extraction

2.material processing

3.Manufacturing

4.Packaging and transportation

5.Useful life

6.End-of-life.
THANK YOU!
Made by -
Aanvi Agarwal
Eeshvi Sabharwal
Mishti Hemnani