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Environment data summary

2007/08 2006/07 2005/06
Reuse and recycling
Number of mobile phones collected (million) 1.33 1.03 1.37
Handsets reused as a percentage of handsets collected (%) 61.5 65.9 70.7
 
Energy
Total energy use (GWh) 2,996 2,689 2,900
CO2 emissions from network operations and offices (millions of tonnes) (direct and indirect) 1.45 1.23 1.31
Average carbon dioxide emissions per subscriber from network (kg) 5.55 5.96 7.68
 
Transport
CO2 emissions from fleet vehicles and company cars (tonnes) 78,600 67,000 47,000
CO2 emissions from air travel (tonnes) 41,000 - -
Total number of video-conferencing facilities 496 282 158
Average number of uses per video-conferencing facility per month 18 18 15
Number of trips saved 3,485 2,030 948
CO2 emissions prevented (tonnes per year) 1,449 824 385
 
Waste
Proportion of network equipment waste reused and recycled (%) 97 97 97
Non-hazardous waste reused and recycled (tonnes) 2,610 1,716 1,724
Hazardous waste reused and recycled (tonnes) 9,027 7,958 1,107
Paper purchased with a recycled content greater than 70% (%) 18.6 16.2 -
 
Ozone depletion
Ozone-depleting potential of CFCs and HCFCs released (kg of CFC-11) 503 493 -
 
Water
Total water use (million litres) 929 995 1,113