The global consumption and waste generated by mobile phones has several deleterious environmental impacts. Much of this waste is deposited in landfills or incinerated, releasing toxins and other pollutants. Increasingly, e-waste is also being exported to developing countries, where it is dismantled under poorly regulated conditions. The plastic used in cell phone can take between 500 to 1000 years to biodegrade; additionally, plastic manufacturing uses approximately 7 percent of the world’s fossil fuels.