Ask the big smartphone brands if their phones contain tin that's ravaging tropical forests #makeitbetter @wwwfoecouk

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Ask the big smartphone brands if their phones contain tin that's ravaging tropical forests #makeitbetter @wwwfoecouk

I am a customer of: Neither company Both companies Samsung Apple Tin mining is ravaging the tropical forests and coral reefs of Bangka Island, Indonesia. Research reveals that tin from Bangka is almost certainly in your products. Please can you tell me for certain what the position is? Whatever the answer, what commitments will you make to help the people and environment of Bangka? Will you also support new rules to make all companies come clean about their supply chains, starting with a Europe-wide law next year? As one of the world's biggest technology companies, your support could help prevent the destruction on Bangka and elsewhere. Tin mining is ravaging the tropical forests and coral reefs of Bangka Island, Indonesia. Research reveals that tin from Bangka is almost certainly in your products. Please can you tell me for certain what the position is? Whatever the answe...

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@AJPendleton » 07 Dec '12, 4pm
Smartphone brands have now received 10,000 emails (and rising) asking them to #makeitbetter [link]
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@wwwfoecouk » 07 Dec '12, 9am
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