Verizon Wireless makes it easy for Hoosiers to recycle old wireless phones, batteries and accessories during National Cell Phone Recycling Week and year-round with drop boxes in all stores and a free mailing label on its Web site at www.verizonwireless.com/hopelinemailinglabel
Phones given to Verizon Wireless go to HopeLine®, the company's long-running phone recycling and reuse program that supports local domestic violence prevention and awareness organizations.
For the second straight year, Verizon Wireless is joining with the Environmental Protection Agency, cell phone manufacturers and retailers to increase awareness about wireless phone recycling opportunities during Plug-In To eCycling's National Cell Phone Recycling Week which ends Sunday.
Last year, Hoosiers donated more than 23,000 wireless phones and accessories to HopeLine.
"We're always happy to see customers in our stores, and we encourage them to give their old phones to HopeLine after upgrading their devices or buying new ones. It's an easy way to get rid of old, no-longer-needed equipment and help both the environment and people in Indiana," said T.J. Fox, president-Northwest Indiana/Illinois/Wisconsin Region, Verizon Wireless. "National Cell Phone Recycling Week is a great reminder that there is a good use for that old phone."
Customers can visit their local Verizon Wireless Communications Stores to quickly and easily donate their no-longer-used wireless phones, batteries and accessories to HopeLine. Warsaw residents can donate phones at the store on 2930 Frontage Road.
Collected phones will be disposed of in an environmentally sound way under a zero landfill policy or refurbished for resale and reuse. Proceeds from HopeLine support Indiana survivors of domestic violence and local non-profit advocacy agencies.
Verizon Wireless is a proud member of the EPA's Plug-In To eCycling program, which encourages Americans to recycle their cell phones and accessories. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/plugin
Verizon Wireless has more than 550 employees and 37 company-owned retail locations in 23 Indiana cities, including Anderson, Avon, Bloomington, Carmel, Clarksville, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Greenwood, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Lafayette, Lawrence, Mishawaka, Merrillville, Muncie, Noblesville, Plainfield, Portage, South Bend, Terre Haute, Valparaiso and Warsaw.
