Recycled cellphones help drive Third World wireless boom

With the number of cellphones in use worldwide hitting 2 billion and rising, recycled phones are playing a crucial role in the spread of wireless communications across the developing world, where land lines can be costly or unavailable. USA Today reports.

"The odds are good that a refurbished cellphone in the pocket of a user in Bolivia, Jamaica, Kenya, Ukraine or Yemen originated with ReCellular. Based in small-town Michigan, ReCellular gets 75,000 used phones a week — most collected in charity fundraisers — and refurbishes them for sale around the world.

ReCellular has more than half the U.S. phone recycling business.

emily | 8:37 AM | Cell Phone Recycling |
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