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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…)

With a tip of the hat to America Recycles Day (which was yesterday, November 15, in case you missed it), Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced last Friday that during this month, it has recycled its 12 millionth pound of e-waste for the year.

This milestone was achieved through Samsung Recycling Direct©, the company’s 50-state recycling program, which allows consumers to drop off their consumer electronics products at over 200 permanent drop-off centers in the U.S. (more…)