Calling All Recyclers
Date: November 14, 2008 | Category: Events, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources, Tech
Does figuring out how to dispose of your old cell phone responsibly make you want to dial “F” for frustrated?
According to a global consumer survey from Nokia, 44 percent of old mobile phones are lying in drawers at home and not being used, nor recycled. But there is some good news: 20 years ago, only about 1,000 curbside recycling programs existed in the United States; today there are more than 10,000 across the nation. And we can now recycle more products than ever, including our old cell phones. While you can’t put them in the curbside bin just yet, there are programs in place that make it easy to keep them out of the landfill and often getting them in the hands of people who actually NEED them.
In honor of America Recycles Day on November 15th (that’s tomorrow!) we ask that you save a cell phone from a life of neglect or the dreaded trip to a landfill. Call your friends, take the recycling pledge and head to one of the nearly 5,000 recycling drop-off points around the globe. And if you absolutely can’t make it to a center, you can download free postage online and mail your phone. It’ll be worth the trip if you can alter the destiny of just one phone.
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