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It’s not just Verizon Wireless with its HopeLine program which wants to show how eco-friendly they are. AT&T has also some news to share, saying that their AT&T and Cell Phones For Soldiers (CPFS) program has reached a new milestone – more than 2.5 million wireless devices have been recycled since Earth Day 2008, beating the previously set goal by more than 700,000 phones.
The main idea behind CPFS program is to recycle old phones and use proceeds to buy free phone cards for U.S. troops overseas. Their main “partner in crime” is ReCellular, the company which we’ve already talked about in the past. According to them, recycling 2.5 million phones has prevented more than 153 tons of e-waste from entering landfills, which is the environmental equivalent of saving enough energy to power nearly 7,709 U.S. households for a year, or avoiding the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as removing more than 5,546 passenger cars from the roads for a year…
Users interested to donate their old phones can do that in any AT&T store or by downloading free shipping labels from AT&T’s website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
