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On May 15 and 16, 2009, you can return your old cell phone for recycling and you receive a chocolate cell phone instead. This incentive should inspire people to recycle instead of throwing the cell phones away. Many cell phone components are highly toxic if burned, and raw materials like copper should rather be re-used. According to Swico Reycling, so far only 15 % of all sold cell phones are being recycled.

Where exactly you are going to receive the chocolates is currently being investigated.

If you miss the dates above, you can still always return your old cell phone to a Swiss dealer for recycling; with the new cell phone, you already paid a recycling tax.

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Check out at http://www.solardays.eu if there are activities planned in your country. For Switzerland, the list of events can be seen here in French, German or Italian.

Many organisations, cities and individuals are going to switch off their lights again next Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm local time for one hour as a statement against climate change. We're planning to do the same - and you?

Follow this link for more information: http://www.earthhour.org

In September 2008, a Swiss House at Leimgrubenweg 90 in Riehen near Basel received one of the Swiss Solar Awards 2008. That house produces 120 percent more energy than it consumes! It achieves this with superior insulation and solar energy. Imagine now what you could do in places where the sun shines more than in Switzerland. Conclusion: the technology exists already; now ways have to be found how to apply this to existing buildings. This would also end discussions about new nuclear plants! Read on...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared this day as the World Environment Day. Time to reflect on the following points: Read on...

Turn off the lights for one hour at 8 pm local time on March 29, 2008, as a statement about climate change. This "Earth Hour" has been originally created in 2007 by the WWF Sydney and is much more wide-spread in 2008. Read more here: http://www.earthhourus.org