WWAY.(2009, April 7). No better time than the present to recycle that old cell phone.
The Environmental Protection Agency has gotten together with all different cell phones companies, to help and encourage people to recycle there old or unwanted cell phones. Every year about 100 million cell phones are thrown away. If the 100 million cell phones were recycled about 18,000 homes would be provided with energy for a year. Cell phone companies last year collected 11 million old phones, with this action taken, energy was saved and 2,000 homes were provided with electricity for a year. Also, if cell phones were recycled it would decrease the air and water pollution. Another reason to recycle your phone is because a lot of cell phone companies donate the phones to charities,for example, Verizon donates them to domestic violence shelters and AT&T for soldiers.
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