The Bite:
If you are swapping out your phone for one with more bells and whistles, don't throw the old one away. Donate it or trade it in for new gadgets instead of seeing it end up in a landfill.
Saying 'Ciao' to your old cell phone?
09.23.2005
Submitted by idealbite on Fri, 09/23/2005 - 5:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Decrease landfill: more than 500 million mobile phones are in landfills now, with another 125 million heading to shelves and landfills this year alone!
- Help Katrina, tsunami and domestic violence victims - you can donate your phone to the charity of your choice and even get a tax write-off.
- Start a trend - in the past 4 years, fewer than 1% of phones were recycled or reused.
- Get stuff - some cell phone recycling services let you trade in your phone for new gadgets.
Personally Speaking:
We like to call our phones "BitePhones." We have these sassy new Sliders, so we donated our old clunky ones to the Red Cross through Collective Good and to a no-kill animal shelter through Phones for Bones.
Wanna Try:
Check out these links if you want more info on what to do with your old cell phones:
- Old cell phone = new stuff: RipMobile.
- Collective Good and Wireless Foundation - donate your old phone to the Red Cross and other charities.
- Phones for Bones - they use proceeds to buy dog food for their no-kill shelter.
Cocktail Fact
Film actress Hedy Lamarr invented "frequency hopping" for torpedo guidance - the foundational underpinnings of our cell phone technology today.
Bang For The Bite
Get satisfaction (charity) or cash (write-offs and products) for something you were going to toss out anyway.
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