EPA Launches Cell Phone Recycling Campaign
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is teaming up with cell phone companies, service providers and retailers to encourage the recycling of 130 million unused cell phones and accessories.
According to the agency, fewer than 20 percent of cell phones are recycled each year. If Americans recycled 100 million phones, the EPA estimates we could save enough upstream energy to power more than 194,000
The new initiative is an extension of the Plug-In to eCycling program, a voluntary partnership between EPA and electronics manufacturers, retailers, and service providers to offer consumers more opportunities to donate or recycle used electronics.
Earlier this week at CES, we had the opportunity to catch up with Verena Radulovic from the EPA’s Office of Solid Waste. Verena stopped by the ReGeneration booth to join the conversation and encourage consumers to partner with the agency in recycling unwanted phones.
