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Recycle Your Cell Phones!

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Real Estate Agent with SHAHAR Management

Every year millions of cell phones are discarded and discarded debra walsh real estateimproperly.  At Flipswap they will give you cash for every phone you turn in.   Not only will they recycle the phone and find a new home for it, but for every phone recycled they will plant a tree.   Over 400,000 trees have been planted so far.  This means over 200 tons of cell phones have been saved from being dumped into landfills.

Another option is donating your cell phone for someone in the military.  Operation Gratitude sends care packages to U.S. troops overseas.  GRC Wireless Recycling will contribute up to $30 to Operation Gratitude for every donated phone.  Our military is deployed in hostile and remote locations - Operation Gratitude with their packages is lifting morale and bringing smiles to soldier's faces everyday. 

Please pick one of these great organizations the next time you need to dispose of a cellular phone!

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Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

  Sooo many choices...the trash sure should not be one of them !

Oct 10, 2011 12:25 AM
JOSH EVANS *JoshEvansHomes 516-655-5000
Village Properties of Mineola, LLC - Mineola, NY
A lot of thing to do with your cell phone. Donating would be best. Good luck
Oct 10, 2011 12:25 AM
Ron Marshall
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

Deb, we recycle cell phones at the Crow River Senior Center, too.  They get rehabbed and given to the Domestic Violence Center.

Anything but tossing them in the trash is a good thing.

Oct 10, 2011 12:27 AM
Mike Jones
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Debra,

We've donated our old phones to benefit others.  Great post!

Mike in Tucson

Oct 10, 2011 12:27 AM
Mark Edwards
East West Realty - Suffolk, VA
East West Realty

Thanks for the tip. Now I know where I can get rid of my old phones! Mark

Oct 10, 2011 12:44 AM
Dale Baker
Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH
New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information

Howdy and morning Debra

Debra,
both of these sure are mighty organizations for folks to take their cell phones to, in order to help our Troops and to help Mother Earth. Thank you mighty kindly for letting folks know about them!

Have a good one
Dale in New Hampshire

Oct 10, 2011 01:01 AM
Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Nice post Debra;  I'm going to share it, and send in my old cell phones also.

Oct 10, 2011 01:50 AM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

We have a program here that we can donate the cell phones for domestic abuse victims. This is also an interesting concept that I will look into.

Oct 10, 2011 01:55 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Hi Debra!  This is great information and we will sure do so when any cellphones are retired!

Oct 10, 2011 02:02 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Nice way to let folks know not to toss those old phones. Groups like those you mention make it so easy to recycle in a simple way.

Oct 10, 2011 02:04 AM
Daniel H. Fisher
www.FisherHermanRealty.com (704) 617-3544 - Charlotte, NC
MCRP - Charlotte Real Estate, NC or SC

a good reminder that cell phones can often have a useful life even when outdated or damaged (except the one that fell off the car on the interstate)

Oct 10, 2011 02:59 AM
Kwee Huset
Kwee Huset Realty - Venice, FL
Venice Florida Homes For Sale

Debbie, thanks for sharing your going green tips to save the environment as well as for worthy cause.

Oct 10, 2011 03:15 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

The tin can and string... I have to update my telecommunications. Getting in line for an old model real phone (smile).

Oct 10, 2011 03:58 AM
Not a real person
San Diego, CA

Monday is my Happiness Day.
I visit as many blog posts as I can throughout the day
and spread happiness, which means I probably didn’t read this post.
I just stopped by to spread some happiness.
Feel free to delete this comment if it doesn’t make you happy.

Happy Day!

Oct 10, 2011 04:30 AM
Broker Patty Da Silva Da Silva
Green Realty Properties® - 954-667-7253 - Cooper City, FL
Top Listing Broker

Russel's comment does make me happy, so does recycling so this post is a double positive for me. Patty = # 1

Oct 10, 2011 08:49 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Debbie I gave a bunch of cell phones that I had laying around a couple of years ago to an organization that was collecting them for families that cannot afford them. I did not need them any more, and was happy that someone could put them to use.

Oct 10, 2011 11:01 AM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Debra recycling the cell phone is a great idea.   I know in some areas the phones are donated to women groups supporting those who were victims of domestic violence.

Oct 10, 2011 01:34 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I have a phone or two sitting in a drawer....thanks for the inspiration to share them!

Oct 11, 2011 01:16 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment! 

Oct 11, 2011 06:36 AM