phone recycling News

The nation's leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer America's call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA's Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ...

Jan. 10, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The nation's leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer America's call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA's Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ...

Jan. 11, 2008

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging citizens to recycle their cell phones during the second annual National Cell Phone Recycling Week, April 5 – 11, 2010.  This joint effort with the EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers, and wireless service providers will increase awareness about the importance of cell phone recycling to save ...

Apr. 5, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

As millions of new iPhones appear in mailboxes around the country, Earthworks, the only U.S. environmental watchdog focusing exclusively on the impacts of resource extraction on communities and the environment, announces the launch of their new Recycle My Cell Phone ...

Oct. 16, 2012

By Materials Processing Corporation (MPC)

Today may be April Fool's Day, but recycling wireless phones is no joke to AT&T* and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AT&T today announced its continued commitment to the EPA's Plug-In To eCycling National Cell Phone Recycling Week, which runs this year April 5-11. AT&T will promote the effort in stores, online, and through community recycling drives led by the AT&T ...

Apr. 1, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

More than 3.4 billion people, nearly half the world’s population, own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend released by the Worldwatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org). The number of mobile subscriptions—that is, the number ...

Oct. 29, 2013

By Worldwatch Institute

Revenue for the Cell Phone Recycling industry is estimated to reach $561.7 million during the five years to 2013, which represents annualized growth of 14.0% during the period. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Josh McBee, “Increasing cell phone ownership and the emergence of smartphone technologies that create a ...

Feb. 26, 2013

By IBISWorld

As part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day during the entire month of April, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has launched National Cell Phone Recycling Week, April 6 through April 12. This joint effort between EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers and service providers increases national awareness about the importance of cell phone recycling. ...

Apr. 7, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

As electronic devices such as computers, laptops, and cell phones have become indispensable to everyday life, it has alerted many to question where these items are ending up after use. Sadly, most of these electronic materials end up in landfills according to the EPA. The issue of proper e-waste management has finally piqued Government attention and cause for long overdue action on Obama’s ...

Aug. 3, 2011

In celebration of the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, Covanta Energy, the nation's largest operator of the energy-from-waste facilities, is collecting used rechargeable batteries and cell phones for recycling. The collection is part of Covanta's Clean World Initiative, a company-wide sustainability movement that works to remove potentially ...

Apr. 19, 2012

EPA is launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week as part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day the entire month of April. The week, which runs from April 6 through April 12, is a joint effort between EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers and service providers to increase national awareness about the importance of cell phone recycling. “With Earth ...

Apr. 3, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Leading mobile recycler, Redeem Holdings Limited is delighted to announce that payments to O2 customers (a subsidiary of Telefónica S.A) for traded-in mobile phones has exceeded £50 million since they launched O2 Recycle. Redeem in partnership with O2 created O2recycle.co.uk in ...

Jun. 18, 2013

By Redeem

The safe disposal of old mobile phones, computer equipment and ships are among the topics being discussed at a United Nations meeting on waste management that was held in Bali, Indonesia. The ninth meeting of parties to the 1989 Basel Convention is considering new guidelines for getting rid of phones and other “e-waste” in a way that protects both the environment and human health. “The use of ...

Jun. 24, 2008

By United Nations

UL Environment, a division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, announced today that Samsung’s Galaxy S8 (SM-G950U) / Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955U) mobile phones achieved ECOLOGO Gold Certification to the ANSI/UL 110 Standard for Sustainability for Mobile Phones, which was recently approved as an American National Standard by the Standards Technical Panel. ...

Jun. 7, 2017

By UL Environment

Alison Bick, US, received the 2011 Stockholm Junior Water Prize from the hands of H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony that took place during the World Water Week in Stockholm. The American teen has developed a low-cost portable method to test water quality – using a mobile phone. Alison worked for four years on her project, which combines micro-fluidic devices, ...

Aug. 24, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

e-Cycle LLC, the leading mobile buyback and recycling company for businesses and government, has developed an online tool that gives consumers an easy option to recycle their devices in the most secure, environmentally responsible and cost-effective manner. e-Cycle's model for consumer mobile buyback and recycling is built upon the foundation of services that it has been providing to corporate ...

Mar. 14, 2013

By e-Cycle LLC

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zcg295/global_green_and) has announced the addition of the "Global Green and Recycled Mobile Phone Market 2011-2015" report to their offering. TechNavio's analysts ...

Nov. 21, 2012

The Federation of Information, Communication and Organisational Technology Companies (SWICO) believes the return rate for old mobile phones is unacceptable. For PCs, the recycling rate is about 85%, but only 15% for mobile phones, according to SWICO. This means that in Switzerland about 1,000 tonnes of recyclable materials are wasted [each year]. SWICO wants recycling of cellphones to become as ...

Jun. 29, 2009

Today, November 15th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commemorates the 14th annual America Recycles Day by recognizing the progress made in recycling our country’s waste and the work yet to be done. EPA estimates that Americans generated 250 million tons of municipal waste in 2010, of which approximately 34 percent was recycled or composted. While this represents progress, it ...

Nov. 15, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

If you recycle your old electronics, you are in the minority, according to a new survey that shows only 23 percent of Americans recycle e-waste, although it is getting more convenient to do so. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Americans throw out two million tons of e-waste each year. These electronic devices contain hazardous materials such as mercury, cadmium, lead and brominated ...

Nov. 14, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)