Some electronic retailers like Best Buy have drop boxes where you can dispose of them. Also, here is website where you get pointed in the right direction. MyGreenElectronics.org. This site will tell you how and where to dispose of these items. Take a look, and spread the word to all your friends and family about how to get rid of those items without putting a strain on the environment.

Verizon Wireless HopeLine
The Verizon Wireless national HopeLine program distributes previously owned wireless phones to victims of domestic violence, supports non-profit domestic violence prevention groups, and provides an environmentally friendly method for recycling handsets. At the center of HopeLine is a phone-recycling program. Verizon Wireless stores throughout the nation serve as drop-off locations for wireless phones (any brand, any carrier) that are no longer in use. Phones collected through HopeLine are refurbished for donation to victims, recycled, or sold. Proceeds are then used to benefit non-profit domestic violence prevention organizations through the purchase of wireless phones and/or monetary contributions. While Verizon Wireless invests in the HopeLine program alongside shelters, advocates, and program members, community residents can also get involved by recycling no longer used wireless phones to the HopeLine program.

Massachusetts Verizon Wireless Stores for Drop Off
Boston	745 Boylston Street	617-266-9000
Boston	101 Arch Street	617-946-0500
Saugus	180 Main Street	781-941-6100
Everett	25 Mystic View Road	617-780-6898

Donate a Phone
Used cell phones are reprogrammed with emergency numbers and then distributed to domestic violence victims. In the hands of a victim, these phones are a lifeline, enabling them to call for assistance when faced with an emergency situation. If you wish to donate your used wireless phone, please send charger, battery and phone to the following address:

Call to Protect Program
2555 Bishop Circle West
Dexter, MI 48130-1563
Phone: 888.901.7233
For a tax receipt, please see the Wireless Foundation's How to Donate.

CollectiveGood Mobile Phone Recycling
CollectiveGood is the mobile devices recycling resource. If you have spare mobile phones, pagers, or PDAs sitting on a shelf or in a drawer, you can recycle them here in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. At CollectiveGood, you can:

• Preserve the environment by keeping your used mobile devices out of a landfill, and by recycling them back into re-use.
• Help raise funds for a charity of your choice in the process.
• Put that spare mobile phone into re-use for people in the developing world.
• Be rewarded for your good deed with a thank you letter and tax-deduction for your in-kind donation to a charity.

There are many places listed on the CollectiveGood site where you can send your phone to, or you can drop it off at any Staples to support the Sierra Club.

ECO-CELL is a cell phone recycling and fundraising company that works with a variety of organizations in the U.S. and Canada, particularly zoos and conservation programs, to collect used cell phones and raise funds for those organizations. ECO-CELL helps keep cell phones out of landfills and provides organizations with a profitable, easy to use, environmentally focused fund-raising program. For more information, visit: www.eco-cell.org.