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17
Apr

Cell by the pound

By • April 17, 2011 • Articles, CellCycle.ca Blog • Comments Off

Schools, rec centers, churches, synagogues, mosques, and other places of worship, animal shelters and other non-profit and community service organizations all have something in common – they can now raise money EASILY by taking up collections of unwanted scrap cell phones for recycling with CellCycle.ca. With reclaimable metals reaching record highs while donors are feeling [...]

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29
Jan

Having a party? Ask your friends to bring their old cell phones & cash in!

By • January 29, 2011 • Articles, CellCycle.ca Blog • Leave a comment

Christmas & New Years parties, Birthdays, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Jack & Jills, Buck and Does, St. Patrick‘s Day… No matter what the occasion, we can all use a little extra cash to help cover the cost of a party and help make it even more fun. In addition to selling drinks & playing games [...]

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01
Mar

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

By • March 1, 2010 • Articles, CellCycle.ca Blog • Leave a comment

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 [...]

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23
Feb

Reuse for GSM or Recycle?

By • February 23, 2010 • Articles, CellCycle.ca Blog • Leave a comment

With the launch of Bell & Telus’ new 3G GSM network, many people are wondering if they can use an older Rogers, Fido, or other unlocked GSM phone instead of buying a new one.  The answer is unfortunately not so simple – SOME cell phones will work while others will not and those cell phones [...]

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16
Feb

Thanks Rogers & The Reusable Shopping Bag Princess!

By • February 16, 2010 • Articles, CellCycle.ca Blog • Leave a comment

This is a quick thank you to Rogers Spotlight and Sophie Kohn, aka The Reusable Shopping Bag Princess for shining a little bit of the limelight on CellCycle.ca’s efforts to answer the call in Haiti relief.  While CellCycle.ca is certainly a smaller Canadian cell phone recycling operation than the other wonderful cell phone recycling options in [...]

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