Entry bubble National Cell Phone Recycling Week

By: Colleen | April 08, 2009 | Category: Home and Family

old cellWhile you're doing your spring cleaning this year, it's a good bet you'll stumble upon countless "treasures," and surely amongst these things will be an old cell phone or two.

My three old cell phones have taken residence underneath my bed purely because I haven't known what else to do with them. Now—problem solved! April 6-12th is National Cell Phone Recycling Week. This event is a build up to Earth Day, trying to spread the message that recycling cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions and conserves natural resources.

Only 10% of cell phones are recycled each year, mostly because people don't know where to recycle them. This week, you can take your old cell phones, PDAs, and accessories to major cell phone retail stores (AT&T, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Staples, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless) and drop them off to be properly recycled.

Some fun facts:

  • The 11 million cell phones collected for recycling in 2008 saved enough energy to power more than 2,035 US households for a year.
  • Recycling the 100 million cell phones that are no longer used annually would save enough energy to power 18,500 US households for a year.

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