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eCycling
Newsroom
Electronics reuse and recycling has captured growing media attention at the local, national, and international levels. For more information, choose from the following links:
Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call
The Plug-In To eCycling "Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call Campaign" was launched in January 2008 to encourage Americans to recycle their old cell phones, PDAs (personal digital assistants), cell phone batteries, chargers, and other accessories.
The campaign - a partnership between EPA, manufacturers, service providers, and retailers - promotes and provides easy ways for consumers to "drop off" or "mail in" their cell phones to be recycled. Recycling cell phones results in fewer materials needing to be mined and processed - meaning less air and water pollution, less energy consumption, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
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- Campaign Overview. Learn the basics about the campaign, the goals, and who's involved.
- Recycle Your Cell Phone. It’s An Easy Call. Fact Sheet | PDF Version (1 pg, 426K)
- Frequent Questions. Provides information regarding cell phone recycling and the Plug-In To eCycling campaign to increase the number of cell phones and accessories recycled.
- Recycled Cell Phones, A Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals. This US Geological Survey (USGS) Fact Sheet examines the potential value of recycling the metals found in obsolete cell phones.
- Print Public Service Announcements (PSAs):
- Go Green by Recycling Your Cell Phone (PDF) (1 pg, 123K, 4" x 5")
- Seriously...You're Not Going To Use It Again (PDF) (1 pg, 128K, 4" x 5")
- Seriously...You're Not Going To Use It Again (PDF) (1 pg, 173K, 6.88" x 4.75")
- Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's An Easy Call. (PDF) (1 pg, 348K, 4.5" x 10")
- Go Green. Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call (PDF) (1 pg, 197K, 7" x 10")
- Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call. (PDF) (1 pg, 371K, 7" x 10")
- Poster-size PSAs
- Go Green. Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call (PDF) (1 pg, 2.3MB, 25" x 37")
- Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call. (PDF) (1 pg, 662K, 25" x 37")
- Seriously...You're Not Going To Use It Again (PDF) (1 pg, 6.1MB, 38" x 26")
- Web Banners
- Banners for use on your Web site to encourage cell phone recycling
Media Inquiries:
Roxanne Smith (smith.roxanne@epa.gov)
(202) 564-4455