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Recycling a Cellphone: Responsible E-Waste Transformation

Posted May 28, 2010 10:01 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

Thanks to the ever-shortening product upgrade cycle, the US generates about 2 million tons of electronic waste each year. Many discarded cell phones are shipped abroad, where valuable parts are stripped out and toxic metals are burned or dumped. But most domestic recyclers are more responsible. Here's how one New York outfit, WeRecycle, does it.

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Re: Recycling a Cellphone: Responsible E-Waste Transformation

06/01/2010 3:12 PM

Radio Shack has been participating in battery and phone recycling for years. They currently use the call2recycle program.

Drop your phones and batteries off in any RS store.

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