Reuse and Recycling
Approximately half of the phones ReCellular collects are reprogrammed and sold for reuse.
Obsolete or non-functional phones are dismantled and recycled to reclaim valuable materials, such as: gold, silver and palladium from circuit boards; copper wiring from phone chargers; nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from battery packs; and plastic from cases and accessories. ReCellular’s zero-waste policy dictates that all donated materials are recycled, including cardboard, paper and plastic shipping materials – diverting more than 1 million pounds of materials from landfills per year.
In November 2006, the magazine Inc. named ReCellular to the Green 50.
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