[Sqg-program] Cell Phone Recycling News

[Perrigan, Glen]

>From Environmental Protection E-News:
Our Environmental Tip of the Week is courtesy of Sprint. Keep those=20
old wireless phones out of landfills. Sprint's wireless division is=20
asking consumers to donate previously used wireless phones at Sprint=20
stores and participating Easter Seals locations. Through Sprint=20
Project Connect, donated wireless phones will be either recycled or=20
resold with 35 percent of the proceeds benefiting Easter Seals and=20
the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) - two key=20
organizations that serve people with disabilities. Older and=20
obsolete models of wireless phones will be accepted but may have no=20
value to the Wireless Foundation and thus may not generate funds for=20
Easter Seals and the National Organization on Disability. However,=20
these phones will be recycled in an environmentally sound manner. To=20
learn more about Sprint Project Connect, please visit=20
http://www3.sprint.com/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/1,1579,6400,00=
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Note: AT&T Wireless has also set up a collection program for old cell =
phones

Glen Perrigan
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Hazardous Waste Management Section
2600 Blair Stone Road  MS-4555
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
850-488-0300 Fax:  850-412-0528
E-mail: glen.perrigan@dep.state.fl.us
Website:   www.dep.state.fl.us/waste