Sprint Wins on Recycling

As more mobile phones are unveiled every year by the major manufacturers, consumers have more choice and more upgrades than ever. This obviously leaves the consumer extremely fortunate as the various manufacturers and retailers vie for their affections, releasing bigger better models with alarming frequency and upping the ante time after time when it comes to speed, power and ability.

With the consumer seemingly able to upgrade every few months, if they choose and have the budget to do so, and the manufacturer reaping the rewards of consistently high sales, there are many winners to the current state of play.

However, there is also a loser: the environment.

It is estimated that in 2012 mobile phone sales totaled $24.6bn and this means that a lot of mobile phones had to be discarded to make way for the newest model

Many of the major players have been open with the fact that they would prefer their customers to take advantage of e-waste recycling Chula Vista rather than throwing the old model away – but few have actually been able to demonstrate their own commitment and set the right example.

The major retailers all declared the amount of e-waste recycling San Diego they have committed to within the last year and although Sprint were found to be ahead of the pack. The company disclosed that they recycled or reused the equivalent of 44% of their total sales in mobile phones in 2012. In comparison, AT&T only recycled 11.5% whilst Verizon confirmed that their recycle and reuse rate was 28%. T-Mobile has yet to disclose any figures.

Whilst Greenpeace were keen to praise the efforts of any company which is open with a green policy and encourages their own customers to take advantage of electronics recycling San Diego, Gary Cook – a Senior IT Analyst for Greenpeace said “There’s room for improvement with all carriers. But one thing we’ve noticed with Sprint, in terms of recycling, is that they’ve been taking sustainability issues more seriously at a higher level.”