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On top of their support of Earth Hour coming up this Saturday (remember to shut off the lights at 8:30 PM, y’all), Canadian carrier Telus renewed a pledge to plant a tree for every phone returned. They’ve been doing it since last year, but it’s still a great way of simultaneously cutting down on e-waste as well as rebuilding green space. Rogers has something similar in place where they donated to the Phones-for-Food charity for every returned phone, and Bell has a Blue Box program which will donate to the World Wildlife Foundation for every returned handset. South of the border, Verizon donates to a domestic violence hotline for phone recycling, T-Mobile donates to a Big Brother-style charity, and AT&T and Sprint and are both a part of the eCycling initiative. So really, it doesn’t matter what carrier you’re on – recycle your phone once you’re done with it.
For more info on Telus’ green initiatives, hit up their recycling site.
[via Telus]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
