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“Wipe Out Wireless Waste”  is a campaign to recycle used wireless phones and generate proceeds for local Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful community improvement and revitalization projects through Keep America Beautiful.

With more than 200 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. today, the need to keep used wireless phones out of local landfills is more important than ever.  The “Wipe Out Wireless Waste” campaign makes it easy for anyone to recycle their mobile phone equipment, and in turn provides funding to Keep America Beautiful affiliates that supports diverse hands-on stewardship activities such as cleanups of public lands and waterways, tree and flower plantings, and recycling activities.

Please email us if you have used wireless phones that you wish to donate and we will send you a postage paid envelope where you can place your wireless phones, batteries and accessories and mail for free.

Please be sure to deactivate service and clear all personal information from your wireless phone before recycling it. If you are unsure how to clear your information from your device, consult your technical manual or phone manufacturer for more information.

Phones, batteries and accessories recycled through the "Wipe Out Wireless Waste" program are not tax deductible. However, these contributions provide two important benefits: 1) protecting the environment through recycling, and 2) raising money for clean-up, green-up efforts in your local community.

- A 2005 CEA consumer survey found that 76 percent of consumers are unaware of their local electronics recycling options. Of that 76 percent, 71 percent said they would recycle if they only knew where to do so.

- The average lifespan of a wireless phone is 9 – 18 months. (EPA’s “Life Cycle of a Cell Phone”).

- Phones are being discarded at a rate of 125 million phones a year, which results in over 65,000 tons of wireless waste. (EPA, E-Cycling Initiative).

- The most eco-friendly thing you can do with an old phone is to reuse it.

- Recycling the phones ensures that the toxic materials they contain don’t end up in our landfills.

- Phones collected from this program are either refurbished and reused or smelted down for metals and plastics at an EPA regulated facility that is ISO14001 certified.