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Samsung wants to collect and recycle one million mobile phones in 2010.

To that end, the Samsung “Mobile March to a Million” project has launched a nationwide in-school education and recycling program that will teach teens about the importance and ease of mobile phone recycling, while encouraging students, teachers and the community to recycle used mobile phones.

Joining the “March” is easy. Anyone can simply collect used mobile phones, and then Samsung Mobile will reuse the materials and recycle the rest responsibly. For more information, check out this guide. (more…)

I asked the question just last week in my post about Verizon’s 2008-09 Sustainability Report: Why can’t cell phone manufacturers agree on a one-size-fits-all charger? Then, just a few days ago, I ran across news  that phone makers in Europe have agreed to start manufacturing phones that can be charged using a single, universal device beginning in 2010. How remarkably sensible!

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