Following Nokia and Motorola, Samsung announced in Beijing that it will set up recycling centers for its old mobile phones as an effort to protect the environment.

Samsung says it will place recycle boxes at its repair centers in 60 key cities of China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Samsung will accept all brands of mobile phones, and it will then provide them to special waste management companies to dispose of.

Samsung says it has already opened 76 recycle areas around China.