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RECYCLING YOUR OLD CELLPHONE IS NOW EASIER THAN EVER

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NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
2009ENV0034-000609

November 10, 2009
Ministry of Environment






RECYCLING YOUR OLD CELLPHONE IS NOW EASIER THAN EVER



VICTORIA – British Columbians will now have access to a web-based program that provides quick information to those looking for a place to recycle their old cellphones, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.



“Within seconds of entering my postal code at RecycleMyCell.ca, I was directed to seven drop-off locations within four kilometres of my office where I could take my old cellphone for recycling,” said Penner. “This program diverts e-waste from our landfills and is consistent with the goals of our recycling regulation, which makes producers responsible for the lifecycle management of products they sell in B.C.”



Recycle My Cell is a free program organized by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) in conjunction with cellphone service providers, handset manufacturers and recycling companies. The goal of the program is to raise awareness about the importance of cellphone recycling and keep handsets from entering Canada’s landfills.



A donation to participating charities is made for each device returned through the program. Some of the charities benefiting from the program include the World Wildlife Fund, Tree Canada and Food Banks Canada.



To locate a drop-off centre, visit the website www.recyclemycell.ca or call 1-888-797-1740, and enter your postal code. This generates a list of the 10 closest cellphone recycling drop-off sites. If you can’t visit one of these drop-off locations in person, you can mail your mobile device at no cost using a prepaid shipping label. There are currently 552 drop-off locations in B.C. The website also provides instructions for cleaning your device of all personal data before dropping it off at a recycling site.



The Recycle My Cell program is designed to meet the requirements of B.C.’s Recycling Regulation. Under this legislation, producers are responsible for the end-of-life management of their products, including collecting and recycling. A recycling program for TVs and computers was launched in B.C. in 2007. The recycling regulation has been expanded to include several more electronic products, including mobile phones.



“Canada’s wireless industry greatly appreciates the Government of B.C.’s recognition of our contribution and commitment to its environmental protection management,” said CWTA president and CEO Bernard Lord. “I encourage all British Columbians to visit the new website to see just how easy it can be to help protect and enrich the communities in which they live.”



“CWTA’s program is a welcome addition to B.C.’s extended producer responsibility system,” said Brock Macdonald, executive director of the Recycling Council of British Columbia. “This program will keep thousands of cellphones out of our landfills and help us to recover valuable resources at the same time. We’d like to see this program emulated in all industries.”



Cellphones, pagers, smartphones, wireless PDAs, external aircards, headsets, chargers, batteries and other accessories are all accepted at Recycle My Cell collection sites or through the mail-back option, regardless of brand, model or age, working or non-working. The devices are then sent to recycling facilities where they are refurbished or dismantled for scrap. The scrap materials are used to produce new mobile devices and a variety of other items. More than 95 per cent of the materials in an average mobile device are recyclable.



All companies involved with the Recycle My Cell program are ISO 14001:2004 certified, or certified under Electronic Product Stewardship Canada’s Recycling Vendor Qualification Program. This means they have an environmental management system in place which ensures accountability and knowledge of the associated impacts.



And remember, by Jan. 1, 2010, you won’t be allowed to use your cellphone in B.C. while driving.

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Contact:


Matt Gordon

Communications Director

Ministry of Environment

250 387-9973





For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province’s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province’s website at www.gov.bc.ca.

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Call2Recycle(R) Launches First Household Battery Collection and Recycling Program in BC

Call2Recycle(R) Launches First Household Battery Collection and Recycling Program in British Columbia
Jun 08, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Call2Recycle today announced that British Columbians may now recycle any household battery at nearly 1,500 collection locations across the province. Call2Recycle (http://www.call2recycle.org/)(R) has collected more than 143,000 kilograms of rechargeable batteries in British Columbia since 1997, and the program was recently chosen as the first government-mandated collection program for all household batteries - including alkaline - by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
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"Our voluntary battery collection program has been a resounding success within this province, and we are eager to see the public's response to diverting even more batteries and cell phones out of community landfills under the expanded initiative," said Carl Smith, president and CEO of Call2Recycle.

Call2Recycle is leveraging its relationships with 1,500 retailers, municipalities, businesses and public agencies to swiftly and efficiently collect batteries in the places that British Columbians live, work and shop. Consumers may visit call2recycle.ca to learn the nearest drop-off location in their own communities.

"British Columbia is leading the way in promoting environmental stewardship by launching the first government-mandated household battery program in North America," said John Yap, British Columbia Minister of State for Climate Action. "We fully support Call2Recycle's efforts to recycle batteries and cell phones into new products and keep them out of our solid waste stream, which will help the environment and the economy." To find a battery drop-off location near you or to learn how your company or organization can participate in the Call2Recycle program, visit call2recycle.ca (http://www.call2recycle.ca/) or call 1-888-224-9764.

About Call2Recycle Call2Recycle(R) is the only free battery and cell phone collection program in North America. Since 1994, Call2Recycle has diverted more than 25 million kilograms of rechargeable batteries from local landfills and established a network of 30,000 recycling drop-off locations. Advancing green business practices and environmental sustainability, Call2Recycle is the most active voice promoting eco-safe reclamation and recycling of rechargeable batteries and cell phones. Call2Recycle is operated by the non-profit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC). Learn more at call2recycle.ca (http://www.call2recycle.ca/) or 877.2.RECYCLE.

Contacts: Lisa Pollack Call2Recycle(R) 678-218-4590 Susan Antler Call2Recycle(R) 888-224-9764 Suntanu Dalal Media Relations Ministry of Environment 250-387-9745 ### Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Call2Recycle/British_Columbia/prweb4110084.htm.

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May 9th, 2008

Because I write a lot of posts related to phones, especially Canadian cell phones, I often get asked about SIM card options for people travelling to Canada. Here is the little that I know Please feel free to correct me if I’ve made any errors!



First of all, if you have an unlocked GSM phone, make sure that it runs on the North America 850 and/or 1900 bands (unlike the 900 and 1800 bands in Europe and many other places). If you have a tri-band or quad-band phone, you are OK.



Unlike many other places in the world, SIM cards don’t hang on popular Canadian retailers’ racks. Not only that, but the per minute and entry costs are relatively bad. So get ready to spend more than you would elsewhere and note that getting a SIM card isn’t exactly easy as pie.



Also, Rogers owns the entire GSM network, so only Rogers, Fido, and many small players (some to be mentioned later) that rent Rogers bandwidth have SIM cards. Telus, Bell, Virgin, Koodo, and many others use a different network without SIM cards and thus force you to use their phones.



Your options to buy just a SIM card include:



Walk into a Rogers retail location (if there is one near where you are going in Canada) and ask to buy a SIM card for $25 (Update: someone has reported that this is now $40 including $10 of airtime). They don’t advertise this.

Find a SIM card for Rogers or Fido pay as you go / prepaid on eBay or Craigslist. You will pay between $10 and $30 CAD for the SIM card, but sometimes they have some airtime included. Remember to either leave enough time for shipping or be prepared to meet up with someone in person.

Look for a Speak Out Wireless or Petro Canada SIM card from someone else in Canada on this forum.

Note that with all options above, airtime is extra unless stated. In Canada, local pay as you go airtime costs between 20 and 40 cents per minute.



If you do not already have a cell phone, your best bet is to buy a phone + SIM combination (which dominates Canada) not from the big guy Rogers, but from the 7-Eleven convenience store or the Petro Canada gas station. You still have to pay between $50 and $75 for the lowest priced phone, plus airtime. Having an existing phone and buying a SIM is much better. If you must go this route, try and find some Canadian friends who could use your phone + SIM after you’re done with it. 7-Eleven and Petro Canada’s services do have the best per minute rates, and their airtime lasts the longest before expiring, so take some solace.



Travelling to both the USA and Canada? Consider getting one SIM card for each country. Canadian SIM cards have awful US roaming prices. US SIM cards have slightly better Canada roaming prices, but they’re still quite steep



Making long distance calls while in Canada? National long distance call rates in Canada are not much more than the local per minute rates, but if you are doing much national calling or making international cards, buy a phone card (where you dial a local number and then the service prompts you to enter the long distance number) from a grocery or convenience store or sign up with an online service like justdial.ca. The reason for this is that international rates on Canadian cell phones are usually much worse than paying local per minute charges + the phone card charges.

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