Help Wipe Out Wireless Waste
Over 125 million wireless phones are being discarded every year, and that means over 65,000 tons of wireless waste. Unfortunately, many old phones wind up in landfills. Even phones that are turned in to recycling drives are often harvested for their most valuable parts, leaving most of the equipment (and some of the most dangerous materials) to still wind up in landfills. That’s why Keep America Beautiful has partnered with Sprint Nextel and ReCellular to create “Wipe Out Wireless Waste” - a ZERO WASTE solution to ease the growing electronics waste problem, and to raise funds for environmental and community improvement projects nationwide.
By recycling your own phones, and collecting them from friends, classmates, and others in your community, YOU can be part of the solution! And it’s extremely easy. Just visit the Keep America Beautiful website and click on the “Wipe Out Wireless Waste” banner. Simply print out the postage paid reply label, put it on a box or envelope that you’ve filled with phones, then drop it in the mail. KAB will receive all proceeds, which will be channeled directly into litter prevention, waste reduction, and beautification projects in communities from coast to coast.
