| Studies
show that 500 million used cell phones currently stored
away in closets and drawers will eventually end up in landfills,
where releases of the many toxic materials they contain
create threats to human health and the environment.
(PRWEB)
March 20 2004--Constant warnings from environmental groups
over the past year have prompted a cell phone repair firm
to begin a new company that will pay you to send them your
old phone.
“We
can refurbish old phones and put them back into use in poorer
countries, so we are willing to pay individuals and groups
to send old phones to us,” explained James Mosieur
of http://www.CellForCash.com.
The
warnings issued last year by INFORM, a national environmental
research organization, did not fall on deaf ears. Mosieur’s
firm, RMS Communications, Inc. formed a new division and
set up a website at http://www.CellForCash.com.
The
site offers individuals and groups from $3 to $75 per phone,
and even provides free shipping to send the phones them.
The
need for such a program is significant.
Cell
phone use has grown from 340,000 in 1985 to an estimated
150 million today. The average life of a cell phone is only
12 to 18 months because users love to change to the latest
and greatest new phone each year.
There
are at least 100 to 500 million used phones right now, and
by 2005 there will be at least 130 million phones retired
annually, according to INFORM and other reports.
“Waste
in the Wireless World,” a report issued by INFORM,
warns of the toxic chemicals that could end up in our environment
if all those phones are tossed into landfills. It was the
inspiration for cell phone reuse and recycling.
“RMS
Communications Group, Inc. has been providing wireless sourcing
and repair services to the wireless industry for over 18
years. We knew that cell phones could be repaired and recycled,
rather than tossed into the waste system. We now have the
means to put old phones to good use in less fortunate countries,
and protect our environment at the same time,” said
Mosieur.
RMS
gave birth to http://www.CellForCash.com
and the response has been encouraging. Individuals and non-profit
groups have been collecting phones and sending them in,
but it is only the tip of the iceberg.
“Less
than 1 percent of all mobile phones have been recycled.
That means there are still millions of phones going to waste,
and threatening our environment. One phone does not seem
so hazardous, but the collective effect of 100 million phones
per year on our environment is staggering. We can give all
those phones a new home and prevent them from harming our
fragile environment,” said Mosieur.
Mosieur’s
company is following the recommendation of INFORM by offering
financial incentives to turn in old phones. His website
(http://www.CellForCash.com)
provides complete, easy to follow instructions on how to
send phones for reuse, with no shipping costs, and receive
a payment in return.
CellForCash.com,
located in Ocala, Fla., is run by RMS Communications Group,
Inc, an industry powerhouse providing wireless sourcing
and repair services to the wireless industry.
Contact:
James
Mosieur, 1-800-627-2022
http://www.CellForCash.com
David
Bresnahan, 801-562-5362
http://ThatPRGuy.com |
