Printer Cartridge and Cell Phone Recycling
Help our church! Save on taxes! Save the environment! Donate your used cell phones & ink jet cartridges!
The Pikeville Church of Christ is conducting a cell phone and inkjet cartridge recycling fundraiser. There's nothing to buy. We are simply asking you to protect the environment by donating your used digital cell phones and ink jet cartridges that you either have in storage or typically throw away. Your used cell phones may be tax deductible and along with the ink jet cartridges will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or refurbished and sold. The sponsoring company will pay up to $5 for each ink jet cartridge and as much as $300 for each cell phone we ship to them. 100% of the proceeds will go towards our church's capital campaign fund.
If you have old cell phones or ink jet cartridges to contribute, a drop box will be set up at the church, or you can give them to the project coordinators listed below. We ask that you submit each item individually in a sandwich bag to help keep leaking cartridges from making a mess. Tax Receipts will be available in the church office if you wish to make your contribution tax deductible. We would also encourage our church members to check with their employers to see if they currently have a recycling plan for their ink jet cartridges. If not, your company may be throwing away items that can help us meet our capital campaign goals!
We greatly appreciate your support and participation! Please contact the project coordinator below if you have any questions.
Dwayne Stevens
dwayne.stevens@gmail.com
(606) 631-1942
Cell Phone Recyling Facts
Why should we recycle cell phones?
- On average Americans replace their cell phones every 12 months.
- Over 65 million cellular phones are stockpiled in U.S. households creating 30,000 tons of potentially hazardous waste.
- By 2005, an estimated 130 million cellular phones will be discarded annually in the U.S. alone.
- Cell phones contain toxic substances including Arsenic, Antimony, Beryllium, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc which leach into soil and groundwater from landfills and form highly toxic dioxins & furans during incineration.
- These toxins have been associated with cancer and a range of reproductive, neurological and developmental disorders.
- The cadmium from a single phone is capable of polluting 158,200 gallons of water.
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