Recycling phones has become fashionable in recent years but, going by the current numbers, we still have a long way to go. This week is the National Cell Phone Recycling Week in the United States, an event spearheaded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, to encourage more Americans to recycle their used mobile phones.

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Pacebutler Corporation fully supports the second annual National Cell Phone Recycling Week, scheduled for next week April 5–11, 2010. This important recycling event is a joint effort between the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers, and wireless service providers in the United States.

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Many people are interested in starting a cell phone recycling business but don’t have enough information about the venture and are consequently afraid to start one. Here are a few tips on how to start a profitable cell phone recycling business.
Know your cell phones

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If you’re planning to start a home-based recycling business, you might want to consider cell phone recycling as a viable option. Here are some reasons why cell phones are far better than any other material to collect and recycle, at the moment:

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In the United States today, over one billion obsolete or used cell phones are kept hidden in drawers and lockers long after the owners forgot about those old devices. Every year, more than one hundred million mobile phones are replaced by users – less than twenty percent of these units are recycled or sent back [...]

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CBS correspondent Scott Pelley gives us a glimpse of the horrifying reality in the heart of Africa – the gold we use for our jewelry and for the circuit boards in our cell phones and computers is fueling the deadliest conflict on the planet,today. In the 60 Minutes episode “Congo’s [...]

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Twitter has been the focus of much attention lately as celebrities, politicians, and marketers have flocked to the site to spread their messages to the world 140 characters at a time. If you’re running a charity or non-profit, can you benefit from having a Twitter account? More importantly, can you use Twitter to gather support [...]

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Every charity organization or non-profit seems to be doing cell phone or computer collection drives these days. Is it still worthwhile for your organization to collect old cell phones to help raise funds?

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We’re changing a few things here at Pacebutler blog, but lest you think we’re abandoning our cause of cell phone recycling, we’re not. Hence, the video “Secret Life Of Cell Phones” above.

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