Consumer Cellular saves 10,000 mobile phones

Consumer Cellular has already established itself as a premium recycling company, based in Portland, Oregon, actively promoting it’s mobile phone recycling capabilities, which has expanded rapidly since it’s original introduction. Both old, broke and unwanted mobile phones are currently accepted by the company.

Consumer Cellular began their scheme back in October 2007, and has since managed to keep around 10,000 mobile phones from going to a basic landfill, where they won’t compose, but has instead converted the unwanted mobiles into $8,000.

It doesn’t stop their, the cash raised was donated directly to the local Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation which is a habitant of Oregon Health & Science University.

According to research of the 150 million phones that are unwanted or unused every year, the US consumers recycle just 10% of that amount, with 75% of US residents not being aware of companies recycling capabilities, or where to recycle their handsets.

ReCellular and Consumer Cellular work together to refurbish the handsets which are then sold on to the next consumer.