Cell Phone Facts

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Every year, upgrades or damage make 100 million cell phones obsolete.

1. In 2007, the recycling rate for cell phones was just 10 percent.

2. The average life span of a cell phone is 18 months.

3. Each year in April, the EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program sponsors a “National Cell Phone Recycling Week” to encourage proper phone disposal.

4. The world’s largest cell phone recycler, ReCellular, collects 25,000 cell phones daily from more than 40,000 collection sites.

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