Goal:
All FS cell phones, palm pilots, and pagers will be donated for re-use or appropriate recycling.
Bring in your old cell phone, pager, or palm pilot and leave it in the collection box in the CNS office, or send it via campus mail.
We are partnering with CollectiveGood, a company that generates funds for charities through cell phone, pager, and palm pilot recycling. CollectiveGood participates in the EPA WasteWise program, and is a national level sponsor of the Plug into e-cycling program.
These devices contain hazardous materials such as mercury, cadmium, nickel and gallium arsenide that contaminate our environment if discarded in landfills. Phones donated to this program are kept out of landfills and are either refurbished and sold or scrapped for parts or recycled according to EPA standards. FS has chosen to support the Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org) and Earth Share (www.earthshare.org) through the funds raised from cell phone sales.
If you have an old cell phone, pager, or palm pilot sitting on a shelf or in a drawer, bring it in and leave it in the collection box in the CNS office or send it via campus mail. All Facilities Services owned equipment will automatically be donated to the program.
What happens to the phones after they are sent to CollectiveGood?
- Help People In The Developing World: CollectiveGood refurbishes your donated phones to be sold in the developing world. A supply of refurbished phones makes first-time phone ownership affordable for many citizens, helping bridge the digital divide, improving the local economies and quality of life throughout the region.
- Phones Are Sold To Raise Funds: Proceeds from the sale will be used by the charity we have selected to further their missions, essentially converting idle mobile phones into good deeds.
- Recycling: Phones that cannot be reused will be recycled for their metals and plastics in accordance with federal and local environmental standards.