Cell Phone Recycling
I took the plunge and bought an iPhone a few days ago, and the now I have a scratched, dented, cracked and otherwise undesirable old cell phone in need of disposal. Old cell phones present a well-known and massive e-waste problem, so much so that a new law a recently went into effect in California requiring cell phone retailers to take back and recycle old cell phones and rechargeable batteries. Since Apple now sells cell phones, they have implemented a cell phone recycling program both by mail and at all of their retail stores (not just in California). You don’t have to buy anything from Apple in order to drop off your cell phone and you can also drop off old iPods. I’m not sure whether you can drop off cell phone chargers and other accessories, but I’ll try and find out when I drop off my phone.
July 15th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
[...] up on my previous post, I took my old cell phone to the Apple Store and asked to recycle it earlier today. Unfortunately, [...]