How sustainable is your smartphone? - interactive

From Global development | The Guardian Thu Mar 20 2014, 09:55:00

Smartphones are owned by one in five people and have changed how many of the world's most important industries work - from journalism to farming. But their production carries a cost; using more than 40 elements that are mined with untold environmental and social effects on every inhabited continent on earth.

Use our interactive to take a detailed look at positive and negative impacts your smartphone has made on people and planet

Caroline Holtum

Oliver Balch

[view whole blog post ]
 See More    |     Report Abuse



blogAfrica is allAfrica.com's platform to help you keep an ear on the African blogosphere. We draw diverse voices from around the world who post regularly and insightfully about African issues. Bloggers, submit your blog's rss-feed!