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Iceland
Adds Incentive to
Recycle Campaign for Special Olympics
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| Iceland
of New Hyde Park, a year-round ice skating facility
on Long Island, has joined with Special Olympics
and RMS ( a leading wireless international wholesaler)
to help consumers recycle their used cell phones
in an environmentally safe manner, while raising
awareness about local athletes with intellectual
disabilities. |
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Phone
plan benefits Special Olympics |
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program, “Recycle for Special Olympics”
is a partnership between Special Olympics and
the RMS Communications Group to turn unwanted
cell phones into cash for Special Olympics,
as well as helping the environment. Donated
cell phones will assist Special Olympics athletes
in the community and around the world. |
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Money
Making Hook-UP |
| For
20 years James Mosieur has been buying, reconditioning
and re-marketing used cell phones and pagers
and, outside of the recycling industry, no one
seemed to pay attention to what he was doing.
But that changed dramatically three years ago
when Mosieur hatched a website |
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SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY 2: Website Raises Money With
Cell Phones |
| WirelessFundraiser.com,
a web site that helps non-profit organizations
raise money by paying cash for the used cell
phones they collect and send in, announced that
it has paid more than $250,000 to more than
2,000 non-profits in the past 18 months. |
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RecycleForUS.com
begins operations
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| Ocala,
FL -- RecycleForUS.com, an industry-funded national
cell phone recycling initiative, officially
begins operations on Friday, July 1, just two
months after the successful launch of a similar
statewide web site, RecycleForCalifornia.com. |
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Sell
Your Old Cell Phone
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| When
you get a new cell phone, the old one usually
gets tossed in a drawer to collect dust. Now,
there are ways to ring in cash by selling your
cell phone to companies. James Mosieur with
cellforcash.com says, |
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Web
Site Buys Old Cell Phones
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| FORT
WORTH, Texas -- A new Internet-based company
is offering cash for old cell phones. The Web
site -- cellforcash.com -- buys thousands of
used cell phones each month. |
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Sell
Your Cell Phone |
| Old
cell phones often get stuck in drawers to collect
dust -- or worse, thrown in the trash. As Trina
Robinson reports, there are ways to ring in
cash on that old cell phone. |
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Turning
old cell phones into new cash |
For
charitable groups, thar's gold in them thar
handsets.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Way back when, groups
like Scout troops and the Salvation Army raised
money by picking up old newspapers, bottles,
and cans, and reselling those commodities in
bulk for pennies. |
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