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 Before
recycling your cell phone, please remember to
back up any personal information you wish to
save onto another device. After saving
information, please make sure you erase all
personal data from the old phone and remove your
memory cards and your SIM card.
For assistance on
erasing personal data, you can contact your cell
phone provider or use this
free data eraser
from Recellular.
Online Cellphone Recycling Programs
:
-
Phones 4 Freedom
- Refurbishes or recycles used phones to
help stop human trafficking by donating
phones to anti-trafficking organizations
around the world.
-
RBRC "Call2Recycle"
- Free rechargeable battery and cell phone
collection program in North America.
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RecyclePhones.org
- will plant a tree for each used cell phone
that it receives. Simply use the
prepaid shipping label
to ship your used cell phone for free
recycling.
Manufacturer Take Back Programs:
AT&T :
- View a list
of
AT&T Store locations
to find your nearest cell phone donation
drop-off spot. Or mail in your used phone
with free shipping from anywhere in the U.S.
To download a postage-paid shipping label,
click here.
-
Cellphones for Soldiers
uses funds from recycled cell phones to buy
prepaid phone cards for active duty military
members – to help connect them with their
families.
LG
Mobile Phones Recycle Program
- mail in your used phone with free shipping
from anywhere in the U.S with
postage-paid shipping label.
Motorola:
Mail-in any cell phones, PDAs and accessories
for free by printing
postage paid labels.
Nokia:
Mail-in your unwanted phone by printing a
prepaid shipping label
and sending it in for free recycling.
•
Nokia Trade-Up Program
- get cash back for
your old phone when you buy a new Nokia device.
Palm:
Mail-in mobile phones, handhelds and accessories
such as chargers and headsets free of charge.
Download the postage paid mailing label.
Samsung:
Mail-in any cell phone and accessories. Simply
box up your old phone and accessories,
print off the pre-paid mailing label
and mail in the phone for recycling.
Sony Ericsson:
Mail in old cell phone devices (any make or
model) for free with
postage paid mailing label.
Sprint:
Sprint provides two cell phone recycling
programs for consumers:
- The
Sprint Buyback program
offers Sprint customers an account credit
for returning eligible Sprint and Nextel
models.
- If it is not
eligible for credit, you may recycle your
phone, batteries, accessories and data card
through the
Sprint Project Connect program.
All makes and models are accepted,
regardless of carrier or condition.
- Use the
store locator
to find a participating store near you. It
accepts wireless phones, batteries,
accessories and connection cards for
recycling — regardless of make, model,
condition, or service provider free of
charge.
T-Mobile:
Consumers can drop off cellphones at any
T-Mobile retail store
or mail in any mobile devise and accessories by
boxing them up and printing off the
pre-paid mailing label.
Postage paid recycling bags are included with
all purchases. Customers can also pick up a
recycling envelope at any
T-Mobile store.
Verizon
Wireless HopeLine program
collects no-longer used wireless phones,
batteries and accessories from any wireless
service provider at
Verizon Wireless Retail Stores nationwide.
The phones get reburbished or recycled. With the
funds raised from the sale of the refurbished
phones, Verizon Wireless donates wireless phones
and airtime to victims, and provides funding and
other contributions to non-profit domestic
violence shelters and prevention programs across
the country. You can also donate wireless phones
and equipment by mail using the
pre-paid mailing label.
Retail
Take-Back:
Information
courtesy of the
Campaign for Recycling. |
