Cell Phone Recycling Program From Cricket Wireless

In the spirit of Earth Day 2009, it has been confirmed that Cricket Wireless have launched a national phone recycling program, which will aim to reduce the 65,000 tons of annual waste that has occured so far.

As MobileBurn reports, customers will now be able to leave their unwanted phones at selected Cricket stores or alternatively, print a postage-paid shipping label from Cricket’s website to send to their recycling center yourself.

Tim Ostrowski, Vice president for Cricket who is leading the project had this to say: “A typical phone contains materials like arsenic, zinc and lead, therefore throwing out old cell phones is not only wasteful, it’s dangerous. These materials can seep into groundwater or even end up in the air we breathe.”

He continued, “We at Cricket feel a responsibility to do what we can to help protect our environment and our communities. By making this recycling program simple and convenient we hope customers will partner with Cricket to do something good for the environment and help raise funds for Rebuilding Together.”

More through the link.