Dell offers free recycling of Dell-branded products, w/prepaid shipping available online. People who buy buy new Dell desktop or notebook computers from its Home/Home Office site can recycle and brand of old PC equiptment at no charge.
Cell phone makers & service providers have recycling or reuse programs through stores & dealers. (As w/computers, erase personal data from phones before recycling; for a Free info eraser, see www.recellular.com/recycling/data_eraser/default.asp ) And the nonprofit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (www.rbrc.com ) maintains free drop-off points for recycling cell phones & rechargeable batteries at more than 50,000 retail stores & community centers across the U.S.
To see whether your town has a no-fee collection, click on a map from Telecommunications Industry Association (www.eiae.org) Additional info is at www.mygreenelectronics.com , sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. To encourage responsible disposal, a new third-party audited certification program for electronics recycling, e-Stewards certification, is due to be implemented in 2010.
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