Celebrate America Recycles Day by Recycling Cell Phones

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., was established in 1953. It is the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and educational organization. Keep America Beautiful (KAB), Sprint (News - Alert) and ReCellular have joined forces to recycle cell phones in celebration of America Recycles Day. The call has gone out to across America for citizens to help recycle the 130 million cell phones sitting unused in drawers and closets. The Cell Phone Round-Up campaign will surround November 15, America Recycles Day.

 

The Great American Cleanup is the organization’s signature program that mobilizes millions of volunteers to improve their communities through hands-on participation.

 

The goal of the Round-Up is to raise awareness about recycling cell phones and collect retired cell phones to benefit KAB. Keep America Beautiful affiliates across the country will be leading local and regional events to promote the Round-Up, pass out postage-paid recycling envelopes, and collect retired cell phones.

 

G. Raymond Empson, the president of Keep America Beautiful said that the goal of the Cell Phone Round Up is designed to provide a fun way to show people how easy it is to recycle a retired cell phone. The best part of this program is virtually everyone has one or two unused, retired cell phones that could be recycled. There are more than 130 million retired cell phones each year. They think it is vitally important that the cell phone industry provides an easy-to-use, free solution to safely recycle cell phones.

 

It is estimated that there are tens of millions of phones currently unused, and the available supply of unwanted cell phones will continue to increase. The average consumer retires his or her cell phone approximately every 16 months. The Cell Phone Round-Up is a November promotion of Keep America Beautiful year-round “Wipe Out Wireless Waste’ campaign is conducted with the support of Sprint and ReCellular (News - Alert).

 

ReCellular Inc. is the world’s foremost collector, reseller and recycler of used cell phones and accessories. They provide solutions for the collection, reuse and recycling of used personal electronics that generate financial return for their partners, quality products for their customers, funding for charity organizations, and protection of the environment. Their organization maintains offices in the United States, Hong Kong, and Brazil.