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Brooklyn Residents Reminded to Recycle Old Cell Phones at Spring Electronics Recycling Event, May 18
Friday, May 16, 2008
NYC Department of Sanitation and Office To Combat Domestic Violence Join Verizon Wireless to Recycle Cell Phones to Aid Survivors of Domestic Violence
NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty
is reminding Staten Island residents that the New York City Department of
Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling is teaming up
with Verizon Wireless to collect old cell phones at its annual Electronics
Recycling and Clothing Donation events this spring. Doherty is urging all New
York City residents to donate their old, unused wireless phones to help
survivors of domestic violence.
Brooklyn residents are asked to bring their old phones to the recycling
event on Sunday, May 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. The event will
be held at Prospect Park; Willink Drive, next to the Carousel near the corner
of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard; cars enter at the corner of Parkside
and Ocean Avenue.
All collected phones will be donated to the Verizon Wireless HopeLine(R)
program, which will refurbish, recycle or sell the phones and donate the
proceeds to domestic violence advocacy groups in the form of cash grants and
prepaid wireless phones for victims. Phones that cannot be refurbished are
disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
"Joining forces with Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program creates a win-win
situation for the residents of New York City," said Commissioner Doherty.
"We're always interested in programs that encourage reusing items that
otherwise might end up in the waste stream. When you donate your old phone to
HopeLine, you'll not only give a product a second life -- you'll also give a
family in need a second chance at life."
This will be the last electronics recycling event the City will hold this
spring. To date, more than 11,000 people have responded and recycled over 1100
pounds of cell phones.
Verizon Wireless was the first wireless carrier in the nation to collect
and recycle old cell phones and has done so since January 1999 -- first in New
York and then across the U.S. To date, thanks to conscientious consumers, the
company's national HopeLine program has:
-- Kept more than 200 tons of electronics waste and batteries out of
landfills.
-- Collected nearly 4.5 million wireless phones.
-- Properly disposed of nearly 1 million wireless phones.
-- Recycled more than 170,000 pounds of batteries in cooperation with
Call2Recycle(TM)
"HopeLine was created more than 10 years ago as a means for Verizon
Wireless to put its products and services to work to help survivors of
domestic violence and help the environment at the same time," said Pat Devlin,
president of Verizon Wireless' New York Metro Region. "More than $5 million in
cash grants has been awarded to local shelters and groups working to fight
family violence across the nation, and nearly 60,000 wireless phones with
airtime have helped survivors rebuild their lives."
Locally, HopeLine's direct and in-kind donations total nearly $900,000
including more than $150,000 to the New York City Family Justice Center
Initiative.
"Many of us take our cell phones for granted," said Commissioner Yolanda
Jimenez of the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence. "But for a woman
who is being abused or stalked, it is often her first line of defense."
In addition to the City's neighborhood recycling events, HopeLine phone
donations are accepted year-round at all Verizon Wireless Communications
Stores in New York City and across the nation. For store locations and
additional information, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 65.7 million customers. The largest U.S. wireless
company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon
Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ, with 69,000 employees
nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web
at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video
footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to
the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About New York City's Department of Sanitation
Since 1881, when the New York City Department of Sanitation -- originally
known as the Department of Street Cleaning -- was founded, waste collection
and disposal have come virtually full circle. At the end of the 19th century,
one of the Department's most prolific commissioners, Colonel George Waring,
instituted efficiencies and waste reduction programs that foretold the
programs of today -- including recycling, street sweeping and a dedicated
uniformed cleaning and collection force. Today, the Department is the world's
largest, collecting over 12,000 tons of residential and institutional refuse
and recyclables a day. The City's businesses, whose waste is collected by
private carting companies, generate another 13,000 tons of refuse each day.
And under the leadership of Commissioner John J. Doherty, New York City's
streets are cleaner today then they have been in over 30 years.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
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