Help environment by recycling cell phones

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Consumers in Minnesota can give back to their communities and help the environment by donating old cell phones, batteries and accessories to Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program during the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Cell Phone Recycling Week – April 6-12.

The EPA reports that more than 100 million cell phones are discarded annually.

“Last year alone, Minnesotans donated more than 25,000 no-longer-used wireless phones to HopeLine,” said Nancy B. Clark, president of Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. “We are proud to give consumers an easy means for recycling their no-longer-used wireless devices during National Cell Phone Recycling Week and throughout the year.”

Through HopeLine’s national recycling efforts, more than 1 million no-longer-used wireless phones have been disposed of properly, more than 170,000 pounds of batteries have been recycled and more than 200 tons of electronics waste and batteries have been kept out of landfills.

HopeLine, Verizon Wireless’ exclusive phone recycling and refurbishing program, collects no-longer-used wireless equipment from any wireless service provider at Verizon Wireless Communications stores nationwide or by mail.

For more information on Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program, including store locations, visit the Web site www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline. To print a postage-paid label, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopelinemailinglabel.

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