How to Recycle Phone Chargers
Recycling is a great way to help the environment. Old or broken wireless phone chargers contain many useful components that can be melted down and reused to form a variety of consumer goods. When getting rid of an old phone, recycling it instead of simply throwing it away is a much more responsible means of disposal. Fortunately, there are many companies that have committed themselves to making recycling as easy as possible.
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Locate the brand logo or company name on your charger. This will be found somewhere on the phone's surface or on the charger's surface.
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Go online and visit recyclewirelessphones.com or recyclemycellphone.org (see Resources) to find a list of phone companies participating in a national program to make phone-charger recycling easy. This website will tell you where to find the closest retailer that will accept your phone to be recycled.
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Travel to the authorized retail outlet that carries your brand of phone and drop off your charger at the customer-service desk. You can also drop off cell-phone batteries, wireless-phone batteries and other phone accessories to be recycled.
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