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  1. Recycle the whole phone, not just the battery by Tmack · · Score: 1 · on Westinghouse Commits to Green Plug's Universal A.C. Adapter
    Not sure if you meant recycling the battery or the phone as a whole, but CollectiveGood recycles your whole phone, reselling to developing countries or sending them to charity organizations for use as emergency phones. All phones are required by the FCC to be able to access 911, whether registered on a plan or not. After deactivation, your 10 year old b/w screen nokia can still call 911 if you turn it on. The people in developing countries can also make use of the old phones, since new phones are out of the price range they can afford. Those that cant be reused they send to electronics recyclers to handle them properly. You also get the benefit of a tax deduction, for the phone and the $ used to pay for shipping it (if you dont have one of their pre-paid labels they used to have).

    tm

  2. The Collective Good by Tmack · · Score: 1 · on British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee
    http://www.collectivegood.com/

    They re-use old cellphones, pagers, crackberries, etc, by repairing your old phone and then give them to charities. Non-working ones at the least have their batteries recycled. They also have kits available to setup colection stations at your work or elsewhere, and I have seen several collection stations setup that look like USPS mailboxes repainted. Ive sent a few phones their way in the past. Its better than just throwing them out or letting them sit around!

    Tm

  3. Re:Rape button by Tmack · · Score: 1 · on Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You
    Try CollectiveGood, they take old cellphones and recycle them for stuff like what was mentioned. The money they make off this recycling is also sent directly to other charity type non-profits, so the donation is tax-deductable.

    TM

  4. Re:They left out one very important thing! by tweek · · Score: 1 · on Verizon Drops Opposition To Cell-Number Portability

    Try this:

    The Wireless Foundation

    or this:

    Collective Good

    You may not be able to reuse your phone but at least it can be tax deductable.

  5. Check Here for more Info by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: 5, Informative · on Discarded Cell Phones
    Collective Good has been recycling for years.
    CollectiveGood is the mobile phone recycling resource. If you have a spare mobile phone sitting on a shelf or in a drawer, you can recycle it here in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. At CollectiveGood, you can:
    • Turn that spare mobile phone into something useful for people in the developing world Help raise funds for a charity of your choice in the process

    • Preserve the environment by keeping your used mobile phone out of a landfill, and by recycling it back into reuse
      Be rewarded for your good deed with a thank you letter and tax-deduction for your in-kind donation to a charity
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  6. Do Something about It For Free by pgrote · · Score: 5, Informative · on Discarded Cell Phones

    A group called Collective Good will take your cell phones and recycle them. Not only do developing nations get phones, but the people who refurbish them are trained. An interview with Seth Heine the founder of the group, explains a little more.

    It's a way to give back that doesn't hurt you or cost you anything.