1 Earth Recycle

2010 | Best Socially Responsible Cell Phone Recycling

Angelenos are quick to slam the noxious mess caused by our friends at BP, but you’ll have to pry our cell phones from our cold, dead hands. Yet, these sleek, chic gadgets leach arsenic and other nasty chemicals into the earth and get ugly when incinerated. Enter 1 Earth Recycle and its nifty cardboard collection bins staked out at the Whole Foods in El Segundo and Venice. Recycling an old cell phone at either of these locales is as easy as taking out the trash. The group is in talks... More »