Archive for March, 2010

Wireless Wisdom Wanted!

Reduce, reuse, recycle. We all know that we should recycle cellphones but it’s also interesting to hear how wireless phones have helped (or hurt) your life. What about the impact of handsfree laws on your daily life? Have you tried a cool new phone? Have you had a bad experience with a particular phone brand [...]

CellCycle.ca introduces FREE national Canadian cell phone recycling by mail

In an effort to make cellphone recycling more accessible and convenient to all Canadians, I’m proud to introduce FREE cell phone recycling by mail to anyone in Canada who does not have access to a CellCycle.ca collection point. If you don’t have a collection point nearby, you can recycle your old cell phone by mail [...]

INDONESIA TURNS BACK ILLEGAL SHIPMENT OF E-WASTE FROM USA “RECYCLER”

TIP COMES FROM U.S. WATCHDOG AS E.P.A. FAILS TO ACT Seattle, Washington (1 March 2010).  The Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental watchdog organization, reported today that it had successfully prevented nine sea-going containers of hazardous electronic waste from a Massachusetts business calling themselves a recycler from being exported and delivered to Indonesia in contravention [...]