Recycle Your Old Cell Phone on June 5th for World Environment Day



June 5, 2005 -- Celebrate World Environment Day by donating your old cell phone to charity. Hospitals, churches and school organizations all over the country have teamed up with American Cellular Donation Organization (ACDO) to participate in a used cellular phone drive to raise funds.

Cell phones contain many chemicals that, if not disposed of properly, can leak into our drinking water and harm the environment. To protect our environment, ACDO converts used cell phones that groups collect, into charitable cash by refurbishing and re-selling the cell phones to third world countries and small US retailers. Non-working cell phones are recycled in accordance with all EPA guidelines.

"The number of used, idle cell phones in the United States increases by about 80 million each year," said Vincent Serio, ACDO Founder and CEO. "This is because cell phone users are striving to keep up with the latest technology. If this rate continues, there will be about one billion such units in the U.S. alone by year 2010."

June 5th is World Environment Day, a day in which the United Nations tries to raise awareness of environmental issues and stimulate action. Communities all over the world are participating, hoping to raise awareness and help clean up the environment. You can help the United Nations effort by recycling every day materials like plastic, glass and paper, not to mention your old cell phones.

Individual donors looking to donate their old cell phones to charity can visit www.cellulardonation.org/zip.asp for the closest drop-off location. For more information about ACDO, including how your organization can raise funds and help the environment thru a used cell phone drive, call toll free at (888) 863-2355 or visit www.cellulardonation.org.





Recycle Your Old Cell Phone on June 5th for World Environment Day