Motorola launches school mobile phone recycling program

Motorola Inc. hopes to collect 1 million used mobile phones through a fund-raising program that will help schools raise money for scholastic and extracurricular activities.

The "Race to Recycle" program will pay accredited K-12 U.S. schools $3 per intact phone, up to a maximum of $21,000 for each school year. Motorola will take back phones from any manufacturer. The rollout of the program follows a successful pilot program started in March 2004.

Motorola´s goal is to collect 1 million used cell phones by the end of the 2004-2005 school year.

More information is available at www.motorola.com/racetorecycle. [via Waste News]

emily | 6:15 PM | SMS and Students |
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