The New York City Department of Sanitation’s Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling has partnered once again with Verizon Wireless to collect used mobile phones at the annual Electronics Recycling and Clothing Donation event to be held this autumn.
Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty released a statement urging all New York City residents to donate old wireless phones to benefit survivors of domestic violence.
Similar recycling schemes were held in all five boroughs of the city earlier this year. The collections generated over 1,100 pounds of mobile phones and accessories.
All phones collected at the event will be donated to the Verizon Wireless HopeLine(R) programme, a scheme in which the company will recycle, refurbish, or sell the phones and use the proceeds to create cash grants payable to domestic violence advocacy groups. Additionally, wireless phones will be made available to victims and their families.
The Fall Electronics Recycling and Clothing Donation Events will be held 8 A.M. to 2 P.M., rain or shine on the following days:
–Manhattan: Saturday, September 13, at Columbia University, 116th Street between Amsterdam and Morningside Drive. (Cars enter at 116th St and Amsterdam.)
–Staten Island: Sunday, September 14, at the Staten Island Mall; Parking Lot F.
– Queens: Saturday, September 20, at Forest Park, Bandshell Parking Lot (Enter park at Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Blvd.)
–Bronx: Sunday, September 28, at Lehman College, North Lot (Goulden Avenue, just south of Bedford Park West.)
For more information, go to verizonwireless.com.
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