| Old Cell Phones Will Pay for Congress
By James
Mosieur
The value of cell phones tossed by US wireless users is staggering - over 140 million this year with an estimated value of over $1.4 billion. The stockpile of cell phones continues to rise regardless of recycling alternatives. Capturing the entire value of the cell phones Americans retire in a single year can have a significant economic impact.
Here are some interesting facts that illustrate the volume cell phones retired each year in the US.
The cell phones retired each year…
- …if laid end to end would stretch from NY to LA 6.6 times.
- …would fill 199 boxcars.
- …weigh more than 174 space shuttles.
- …would pay the salaries of the 535 members of Congress for over 15 years.
- …would pay the budget of the City of Sacramento, CA for nearly two years.
- …would buy every man woman and child in the United States two double cheeseburgers and a medium coke at McDonalds…and $1 change.
- …would buy every licensed driver in the United States 2.3 gallons of gas.
- …would cover the lost tax income from shut down New Jersey casinos for more than three years.
- …would pay for Mark Cuban’s NBA fines for life...well at least for the next few years
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