![]() How Cell Phone Recycling Works in California With Secondwave Recycling Secondwave recycling, in its efforts to reduce hazardous waste in landfills, created a cell phone recycling program that is environmentally friendly and gives back the proceeds to charities. ![]() California Cell Phone RecyclingĬalifornia is trying increase these recycling rates with its passage of the Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004, but as the numbers of recycled cell phones are still low, more needs to be done. In 2019 it is estimated that in California alone there were 12.73 million cell phones sold with an estimated recycling rate of old phones at only 3% according to ca.gov.īecause cell phones use metals such as lead and cadmium in their manufacturing, the fact that an estimated 97% of these phones are not recycled is staggering. ![]() Cell phones have become a necessity for Californians to stay in touch, do business and communicate. ![]()
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