Today is Earth Day across the globe, and so to celebrate the occasion, we’re writing about a cool program from Cricket Wireless.
They’ve announced a cell phone recycling program, and since old cell phone parts can be reused, those old cell phones sitting in landfills does the earth no good at all.
It’s a nationwide program, and to remedy the fact they don’t have stores everywhere in the US, they have a webpage where you can print a postage-paid label and send the phone to them. The page is here: mycricket.com/green.
Here’s the bottom line from Cricket about the dangers and benefits of the program:
A typical phone contains materials like arsenic, zinc and lead, therefore throwing out old cell phones is not only wasteful, it’s dangerous. These materials can seep into groundwater or even end up in the air we breathe. We at Cricket feel a responsibility to do what we can to help protect our environment and our communities. By making this recycling program simple and convenient we hope customers will partner with Cricket to do something good for the environment and help raise funds for Rebuilding Together.
We commend Cricket for their earth-saving program, and wish them luck with their efforts.
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