- 4 out of 5 Americans own a cell phone
- People tend to replace their cell phones every 18 months
- 1.2 billion phones were sold worldwide in the year 2007
- Cell phone contain toxic chemicals and materials that can leach into our soil when thrown away and sent to a landfill
- 165 million cell phones were thrown away last year
Greenphone.com is a company who will pay you for your own cell phones. They also plant a tree for every phone they buy.
Collective Good takes your donated cell phones and turns them over to charitable organizations or are provided in a global secondhand market.
Noble Middle School is currently collecting old cell phones for recycling. For every cell phone and/or accessory recycled a small portion of the money goes to Keep America Beautiful for New Hanover County.
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