Mobile phone recycling initiative in the USA

Archiv – United States | New e-waste recycling company eRecyclingCorps is to help mobile phone carriers to buy back used handsets from US consumers and ensure they are resold or responsibly recycled. eRecyclingCorps deploys a Web-based platform that integrates into the point-of-sale systems at carrier retail stores where approximately 60% of all US phones are sold. United States | New e-waste recycling company eRecyclingCorps is to help mobile phone carriers to buy back used handsets from US consumers and ensure they are resold or responsibly recycled. eRecyclingCorps deploys a Web-based platform that integrates into the point-of-sale systems at carrier retail stores where approximately 60% of all US phones are sold.
By partnering with eRecyclingCorps, carriers can reclaim subsidies and reduce e-waste, it is explained. Sprint, the first carrier to use eRecyclingCorps, has deployed the system in 1100 stores and among 1400 Sprint-preferred dealers, as well as through its on-line channels. Sprint’s programme gives customers an instant account credit for trading in eligible wireless devices.
eRecyclingCorps was co-founded by its CEO David Edmondson – formerly CEO of RadioShack – and Ron LeMay, Sprint’s former President and Chief Operating Officer who now serves as Chairman of the new company. Mr Edmondson comments: ’We are committed to transforming the wireless eco-system through comprehensive incentives, which address both our collective responsibility to the environment and provide an economically viable solution to the growing problem of e-waste.’
Only 1% of mobile phones are recycled worldwide while the figure is around 10% in the USA where 130 million cell phones go out of use every year, according to the company. eRecyclingCorps also suggests that 98% of consumers would recycle if they were given incentives.