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Examples of locations eligible to become Cell
Phone Drop-Off Sites:
Cell Phone Stores
Businesses/Major Corporations
Not-for-Profit Organizations
Schools
Town/City/Village Halls
Local DPW locations and recycling depots
Libraries
Any public access locations
What an agency needs to do to become a Certified Cell Phone Drop-Off
site:
1. Complete an
application and submit it by mail or fax to John Mazzucco (Tel:
813-5404) of the Westchester County Recycling Office, 270 North Avenue
(6th Floor), New Rochelle, NY 10801. (Fax: 813-5460). The reason for certifying
cell phone drop off sites is to ensure that all the collected cell
phones and related components are indeed recycled, and not disposed of
in the garbage.
2. Once you are certified, you will get a certificate which should be
displayed for people disposing their used cell phones with you.
3. Certified Cell Phone Drop-Off Sites need to file an annual report
with the County Recycling Office. The report, due the last business day
in January, simply asks how the collected phones were managed, and an
estimated number of cell phones collected.
To Become a Verizon Wireless HopeLine Cell Phone Drop-Off Site:
1. If you would like recycling proceeds to go to
Verizon Wireless' HopeLine project to benefit domestic violence victims,
contact the John Mazzucco of the County Recycling Office by
e-mail or by phone at
813-5404. The Recycling Office will issue you a collection box, program
poster and a Cell Phone Drop-Off Site Certificate, all to be displayed
for people disposing of cell phones with you.
2.. Place the box, poster and certificate in a secure public location.
When the collection box is nearly full with cell phones and related
equipment (e.g., chargers, etc.), call (914) 813-5441 for a shipping
label for pick up and discuss your plan for continued participation.
3. As a Certified Cell Phone Drop-Off Site you are asked to file an
annual report with the County Recycling Office. The report, due the last
business day in January, simply asks for an estimation of the number of
cell phones collected.
For more information, contact the county's Recycling Office at (914)
813-5404.
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