Former Premier Promotes Cell Phone Recycling Program in New Brunswick

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Former Premier Promotes Cell Phone Recycling Program in New Brunswick

5:40 am on April 13, 2009 | Category: Business, Cell Phones

The former Premier of New Brunswick was promoting a new cell phone recycling program in that province late last week, spreading the word that residents can drop off their old cell phones, smartphones, pagers, and mobile batteries at no cost.

Now president of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, Bernard Lord says his organization has recycled almost 900,000 devices in the last three years. Material from these devices is recycled and sold, with partial proceeds going to non-profit groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Tree Canada, and various food banks.

New Brunswick recently became the third province to endorse the CWTA’s program, after Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The province currently has 80 drop-off points for old cell phones.

“That’s why we’re launching this program, that’s why we’re encouraging all other provinces to adopt this program as the official program, because it works, because it’s simple, and because there’s no additional fees to the consumer,” Lord said, promoting the program in Fredericton last Thursday.