Cell Phones: Environmental Disaster in the Making

<h1>Cell Phones: Environmental Disaster in the Making</h1>Author: <a title="Nick" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/nick/106489.htm">Nick</a> Cell Phones: Environmental Disaster in the Making If you’re like most people you probably own 2-4 cell phones. You simply use one of them and the other ones are stuffed in a drawer or closet gathering dust somewhere in your home. Well good news for those of you who haven’t thrown out your cell phone or other old and used electronics. Recycle-Cell a company with 3 offices throughout the U.S. wants them and in turn will send you a FREE $1000 dollar grocery coupon book or believe it or not, a FREE 3 day, 2 night vacation at over 22 locations.  WHY?  The American public is slowly catching onto the fact that the disposing of not only cell phones but other electronic devices in the trash is detrimental to the environment.  They contain many hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, and cadmium. Dangerous chemicals like brominated flame retardants (BFR’s) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which are found in many of the plastic casings of cell phones. By throwing cell phones and other electronics in the trash we are not only posing a potential environmental nightmare but we are basically poisoning ourselves when these chemicals leak into our water supplies. With nearly 700 million used or old cell phones in America today and approximately 130 million discarded every year you can see how this is becoming a major problem.  Recycle-Cell began in 2007 to address these issues. All you have to do is gather your old cell phones, chargers, mp3 players, even Gps units.  Box them up for shipment and Recycle-Cell does the rest all-free of charge to you.  They even pay for the shipping charges. In return, they will actually send you your choice of a Free $1000 dollar grocery coupon book (all major brands) or a Free 3 Day, 2 Night Vacation (22 locations). Talk about an incentive. Compare them to the other few companies that do the same and you’ll quickly understand why we chose Recycle-Cell for our electronic recycling needs. We hope that you jump on board with us and help slow down this process. Recycling you old cell phone is Simple, Fast, and very Rewarding especially when you get a Free vacation out of it. You can find Recycle-Cell online at Recyclecell.tv  go there now to do your part in helping to save our environment one cell at a time. They also offer fundraising opportunities for charities and other organizations. They have helped raise over $500,000 dollars as of 2008.About the Author: Educate people on the importance of recycling their old and used cell phones and other electronics.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/causes-and-organizations-articles/cell-phones-environmental-disaster-in-the-making-700126.html" title="Cell Phones: Environmental Disaster in the Making">Cell Phones: Environmental Disaster in the Making</a>

If you’re like most people you probably own 2-4 cell phones. You simply use one of them and the other ones are stuffed in a drawer or closet gathering dust somewhere in your home. Well good news for those of you who haven’t thrown out your cell phone or other old and used electronics. Recycle-Cell a company with 3 offices throughout the U.S. wants them and in turn will send you a FREE $1000 dollar grocery coupon book or believe it or not, a FREE 3 day, 2 night vacation at over 22 locations. WHY?

The American public is slowly catching onto the fact that the disposing of not only cell phones but other electronic devices in the trash is detrimental to the environment. They contain many hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, and cadmium. Dangerous chemicals like brominated flame retardants (BFR’s) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which are found in many of the plastic casings of cell phones. By throwing cell phones and other electronics in the trash we are not only posing a potential environmental nightmare but we are basically poisoning ourselves when these chemicals leak into our water supplies. With nearly 700 million used or old cell phones in America today and approximately 130 million discarded every year you can see how this is becoming a major problem.

Recycle-Cell began in 2007 to address these issues. All you have to do is gather your old cell phones, chargers, mp3 players, even Gps units. Box them up for shipment and Recycle-Cell does the rest all-free of charge to you. They even pay for the shipping charges. In return, they will actually send you your choice of a Free $1000 dollar grocery coupon book (all major brands) or a Free 3 Day, 2 Night Vacation (22 locations). Talk about an incentive. Compare them to the other few companies that do the same and you’ll quickly understand why we chose Recycle-Cell for our electronic recycling needs.

We hope that you jump on board with us and help slow down this process. Recycling you old cell phone is Simple, Fast, and very Rewarding especially when you get a Free vacation out of it.

You can find Recycle-Cell online at Recyclecell.tv go there now to do your part in helping to save our environment one cell at a time. They also offer fundraising opportunities for charities and other organizations. They have helped raise over $500,000 dollars as of 2008.

Educate people on the importance of recycling their old and used cell phones and other electronics.

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