Saving the environment: Rosli (left) showing Bangunan Seri Kinta executive Muhd Syukri Hassian some of the items that can be sent in for the e-waste collection campaign.
IPOH: It is estimated that about one million mobile phones are discarded annually in Perak, and the state Department of Environment (DOE) wants to pay you to discard phones and other e-waste properly.
Perak DOE director Rosli Zul said the trend of changing mobile phones regularly had led to a bulk of the old phones being disposed of, with some ending up at landfills.
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