Telephone

A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user.

In 1876, Scottish emigrant Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent for a device that produced clearly intelligible replication of the human voice. This instrument was further developed by many others. The telephone was the first device in history that enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances. Telephones rapidly became indispensable to businesses, government, and households, and are today some of the most widely used small appliances.

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Annual Waste-to-Energy Facility open house is Saturday

Post Bulletin 24 Apr 2024
... facility Yard waste compost site Waste-to-Energy facility Kalmar landfill Additionally, residents are invited to bring old cell phones for recycling at no charge....
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Bill seeks to increase electronics recycling in Minnesota, and make it free

The Globe 23 Apr 2024
CLOUD — At Integrated Recycling Technologies in St ... Shredded computer components work through the recycling stream at Integrated Recycling Technologies in St ... IRT, the state’s largest e-waste recycler, processes about 37 million pounds of e-waste a year from both businesses and individual residents ... Cell phones would have a flat 90-cent fee....
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Your old, unused cell phone can help victims of violence in Pueblo. Here's how

The Pueblo Chieftain 22 Apr 2024
Items accepted during the drive include cell phones and certain other electronics, in any condition and of any age ... The 911 Cell Phone Bank guarantees the secure erasure of devices. Cell phones and other devices that are unusable or can't be cleared of all user data will be recycled, with their parts used for other devices....
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Lots of options to recycle this spring in Crow Wing County

Brainerd Dispatch 22 Apr 2024
Recycling bins are lined up outside the Crow Wing County Recycling Center at the county landfill on July 11, 2023 ... The Recycling Center provides residents with an organized and easy drop-off for household hazardous waste and a line of specific bins to recycle paper, magazines and phone books, as well as cardboard, glass bottles and plastics No....
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The Greek Goddess Gaia and Her Connection to Earth Day

Greek Reporter 22 Apr 2024
The world celebrates Earth Day every April 22 ... Public domain ... The theme, Planet vs ... Earth Day has become a well-established tradition all over the world nowadays with events covering the entire globe from cleaning up shorelines to recycling to the launch of new phone apps that allow users to educate themselves on scientific subjects ... Credit ... Credit ... .......
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Ulster County, Kingston meetings for the week of April 22, 2024

Daily Freeman 21 Apr 2024
Ulster County. Monday. • Ulster County Economic Development Alliance, 5 p.m., in the KL Binder Library, 6th Floor, County Office Building, 240 Fair St., Kingston ... 645760 ... 878 9035 1180; By Phone (646) 558-8656 ... • Recycling Oversight Committee, 5 p.m., in the KL Binder Library, 6th Floor, County Office Building. Also available by phone at (646) 558-8656....
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Upcoming calendar

The Record 21 Apr 2024
YEAR-ROUND RECYCLING ... In the Greenfiber green recycling container, in the church parking lot, the church receives newspapers, phone books, office paper, cardboard, cereal boxes, magazines, brown paper bags and construction paper ... and leave a message with their phone number....
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The big lie of sustainable tech

Crunch 20 Apr 2024
This can be true for some parts and assemblies used in tech products like new phones. Copper and aluminum are almost infinitely recyclable, and 100% of the metals used to make phones, tablets, and other products could come from reclaimed material ... It's also why no company makes a phone built using 100% recycled materials....
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Warren 8-year-old shoots himself with alleged unsecured gun

The Oakland Press 20 Apr 2024
An 8-year-old Warren boy is in critical condition after apparently shooting himself in the face with a handgun. The child was taken to St ... Warren Police Lt ... Related Articles. Local News .. Sheriff warns about jury phone scam making the rounds ... Boat cover recycling is catching on; 3 dropoff sites available in Oakland County Local News . ... Share this. .......
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These sustainable tech brands should be on your radar

Crunch 18 Apr 2024
A great way to be a sustainable tech user is by buying refurbished phones and recycling your used devices ... Not only does the Dutch phone manufacturer use recycled and eco-friendly materials in the making of its devices, but it also sources ethically and designs its phones to be both self-repairable and upgradeable....
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Certified goodness: what does B Corp status actually mean?

The Observer 18 Apr 2024
The mobile phone network is big on recycling in other ways too. the plastic used in its sim cards is from recycled material – and it offers e-sims on compatible devices, embedding the card directly into phones, which eliminates the need for a physical plastic sim altogether....
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How to recycle those unneeded televisions, computers, laptops and other electronics

Daily American 17 Apr 2024
WINDBER ― Are there any unwanted cell phones, printers, laptops and other electronic items that you need to dispose of safely this spring? ... What items can be recycled?. Electronics that will be accepted for recycling at no cost include televisions, computers, monitors, laptops, cell phones and printers ... Recycling is the right thing to do.” ...
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