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2009 eCycling Partner Events
Earth Day Events
AT&T
- Activating the AT&T Pioneers Network to organize cell phone collections at locations all across the country.
- Educating their customers and employees on the importance of cell phone recycling at all AT&T retail locations.
Samsung
- Distributing cell phone recycling envelopes at the Samsung 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway on April 5, 2009.
- Distributing cell phone recycling envelopes at the Samsung's Experience store in New York, NY and educate customers on cell phone recycling from April 6- 12, 2009.
- Distributing cell phone recycling envelopes at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport on April 16 and April 22 in honor of Earth Day.
- Educating their customers and employees about the importance of cell phone recycling through e-newsletters and online information.
Sprint
- Educating their customers and employees about the importance of cell phone recycling through newsletters, website, and at all Sprint retail store locations.
T-Mobile
- Distributing information about cell phone recycling at the Green Festival, held in Seattle, WA from March 28-29, 2009.
- Implementing measures at the retail store level to increase the number of consumers taking advantage of their cell phone recycling program, as well as educating about the importance of cell phone recycling through newsletters and online information.
Verizon Wireless
- Staff will wear special ribbons at Verizon Wireless' retail stores promoting cell phone recycling while educating their customers and employees about the importance of cell phone recycling through newsletters, online information and store locations.
- Verizon Wireless is collecting no longer needed wireless devices and accessories at the following college locations in Colorado this week.
- April 22: 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. — Colorado State University’s Earth Day Celebration on the Lory Student Center Plaza; and
- April 24: 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. — Colorado School of Mine’s Earth Day Celebration in Kafadar Commons.
- April 22-26: Go Wireless, a premium retailer for Verizon Wireless, will hold a special Earth Day HopeLine phone recycling drive at locations throughout the Southwest:
- Arizona
- Go Wireless, 9832 W. Northern Ave, Peoria
- Go Wireless, 4810 E. Ray Road, Phoenix
- Go Wireless, 7865 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson
- Nevada
- 9875 South Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas
- New Mexico
- Go Wireless, 8060 Academy NE, Albuquerque
- Texas
- Go Wireless, 1570 N. Zaragoza Road, El Paso
- Arizona
Electronics Recycling Events
Nokia
- March 23rd until April 22nd: Anyone who brings a phone for recycling at the two Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago will receive two tickets to see the IMAX movie Wild Ocean. The movie is playing at The Museum of Natural History in New York and The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Sony
- Saturday, March 28th at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m: The public is invited to drop off any brand of used or outdated electronics for proper and free recycling at this electronics collection event. The first 2,000 participants will receive a voucher for a Sony product valued at $100.
EPA is not responsible for any changes to the above
mentioned events. For details on these events contact
the Plug-In To eCycling partners directly. Identifying
locations for electronics recycling does not constitute
EPA endorsement of the products or services of our
program partners.
Past Event
Samsung
- January 8-11, 2009: Samsung distributed
pre-paid cell phone recycling envelopes at the
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 in Samsung's
Eco-Zone.