Tag: Recycle Cell Phones

  • What Jazzy Items Contain Former Recycle Cell Phone Parts?

    Did you know that cell phones contain such precious metals as silver, gold, platinum, copper, tin and zinc? Just think, the next time someone smiles and displays a gold filling, s/he could be sporting some of your old recycle cell phone. However, we wouldn’t advise grabbing someone’s silver necklace or bracelet, because it could be…

  • 3 Good reasons not to recycle cell phones…

    If you’re like many people, you probably got a brand new cell phone this year. Maybe it was a Christmas present from someone who wanted you to finally give up that old flip phone you’ve been hanging onto forever, or maybe you just decided to treat yourself to a new phone because you deserve it.…

  • What Happens When You Recycle Cell Phones?

    It‘s only natural to wonder what’s going to happen when you recycle cell phones, right? That phone sat in your pocket for so long, it’s like an old friend. Do they just dump them all into a big melting vat and turn them into park benches?  Or maybe they break them into tiny pieces and…

  • 200 Million Good Reasons to Recycle Cell Phones

    If you didn’t know that you can recycle cell phones, you’re not alone. Almost 200 million broken, obsolete and unused phones are going to waste according to a recent University study. An analysis of state laws about e-waste disposal shows they’ve been mostly ineffective.  Saphores said that, “California’s Cell Phone Recycling Act has had some positive…

  • SecondWave’s appearance on CW News!

    Co-Founder, Ryan Rubel, spreading the word about SecondWave Recycling on CW News! [youtube=http://youtu.be/Z8aJoDxprN8&rel=0]

  • Recycle Cell Phones Because We’re Not Heavy Metal Fans

    Nothing against Metallica because, you know and we know they rock. But when it comes to heavy metal, we want it in our headphones and not in our landfills or our waterways. Cell phones are loaded with metal—copper, aluminum, iron, nickel, tin—and a whole bunch of other things that don’t biodegrade naturally. That includes mercury…

  • Everyone talks about recycling cell phones. How to do it?

    Everyone talks about recycling cell phones, but when that phone dies, honestly, it either goes to the kids or sits on top of the bookshelf until it turns into a tiny ball of dust. We expect the cell phones to grow legs, Transformers style, and tell us when it’s right to donate them. Let’s face it –…

  • Recycle Old Cellphones to Help Victims of Domestic Violence

    Here are two sad, seemingly unrelated sets of statistics.  The first concerns domestic violence in America: One out of four American women will be a victim of domestic violence at some point in her life. Over 3 million children in the United States are directly affected by domestic violence. Each day in the United States,…