The US Postal Service has expanded the availability of a recycling program that pays cash for cellphones, cameras and other small electronic devices, to 3,100 retail locations.
The program ships donated electronics to recycling firm MaxBack facilities for free. Consumers can visit the Postal Service’s web site to find out how much MaxBack will pay for the phone.
Those phones that aren’t worth money can still be recycled using free mail-back envelopes at participating USPS locations. Cell phones and electronics that are damaged and unusable are remanufactured or recycled by MaxBack’s parent company Environmental Reclamation Services, a zero-landfill, reverse-logistics company owned by Clover Technologies Group Inc.
The original pilot program of the electronics recycling program was launched in 2008. Clover Technologies Group beat out 19 other companies for the contract. The pilot debuted in 10 areas across the country, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.
Source: Environmental Leader