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Articles tagged with: Recycling and Phone Recycling
Sony Ericsson Shows Off Two Eco-Friendly Mobile Phones
.. they do not end up in landfills but are sent to specialised mobile phone recycling centres. This means that both components and materials are used again, reducing the need to extract and refine raw materials for new products. The C901 GreenHe more
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Interest in Mobile Phone Recycling Surges in the UK
Internet usage tracking firm, Hitwise says that UK Internet searches related to the recycling of mobile phones have almost trebled over the last 12 months. UK Internet searches for a portfolio of mobile phone recycling search terms - such as 'recycle mobile phones', 'mobile phone recycling' and 'phone recycling' - increased by 189% between the week ending 17/05/2008 and the week ending 16/05/2009. more
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Two Million Phones Recyled in 2008 by Regenersis
Regenersis, Europe's largest mobile phone recycling and reuse provider, has announced that they processed more than 2 million handsets for reuse and recycling in 2008. more
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ReCellular Expands Wholesale Mobile Phone Auction Platform
Mobile phone recycling firm, ReCellular says that it is launching an expanded Web-based auction platform for wholesale customers. Every month, ReCellular's AcCELLerate auction offers an average of 250,000 second-hand handsets, and the auction will now be expanded with offerings from ReCellular's industry partners, including wireless carriers and original equipment manufacturers, which could add another 250,000 additional handsets per month. more
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Mobile Phone Recycling Secures $15 Million in Funding
Mobile phone recycling company, ReCellular says that it has raised US$15 million from the Investor Growth Capital (IGC) to fund its expansion plans. ReCellular's revenues have increased an average of 25 percent for the past eight years, and expects to process more than 6 million phones in 2008. more
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US State Seeks to Legislate Mobile Phone Recycling
New legislation being proposed in the US State of Maine would make promote recycling of mobile phones by mandating that phone retailers have facilities for accepting back unwanted handsets. Rep. Chris Babbidge, D-Kennebunk, submitted the bill with the hope of improving cell phone recycling rates in the state, which already promotes recycling of old computers. more
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Mobile Phone Recyclers are Handling Stolen Goods
..e of national charities and major retailers, at risk by handling and selling stolen goods. Phone recycling is a popular way of raising money for charity, with donations given in return for old or unused mobile phones. Recipero, who coincidentally off more
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4 Million Mobiles "on hold" For No Reason"
..stralian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) show that public awareness of mobile phone recycling has risen with collections passing the two million handset and battery mark. Consumer awareness increased (46 to 54%), while fewer people threw more
Battery recycling on the increase
.. 2004.Call2Recycle is the nation's most comprehensive rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling program featuring more than 30,000 collection locations across the Americas where consumers can drop off used rechargeable batteries and old cell phon more
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Handset recycler signs Latin American deal
..s equipment recycler. The move not only gives ReCellular a significant role in future cell phone recycling throughout Central and South America, but also establishes a formalized recycling option for millions of Latin American cell phone owners for t more
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