August 22, 2006
To: UCOP
Community
From: Michael Shannon, Manager, IR&C Communication Services
UCOP Communication Services is pleased to host the Second
Annual Cell Phone Recycling Drive. This time we are
partnering with the Verizon Wireless HopeLine Program (http://www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline).
Last year’s cell phone recycling drive resulted in the donation
of 226 cellular phones and batteries to the PaceButler Corporation.
Together we raised over $500, which was equally disbursed between
Action Against Hunger and UNICEF and earmarked for the hunger crisis
in Niger.
This year, we will donate equipment for charities a little closer
to home. The HopeLine Program will take wireless phones, accessories,
and batteries and either refurbish them or recycle them in
an environmentally safe way and donate them to Bay Area agencies that
assist victims of domestic violence.
Recycling cellular phones continues to be an important issue. Cell
phones contain potentially dangerous materials such as lead, cadmium,
mercury, and arsenic. If cell phones are not disposed of properly,
these materials will eventually leach into the soil and groundwater.
Recycling phones and reducing demand for the materials used in cell
phones may decrease our negative impact on the environment, including
global warming, and improve the quality of our lives. So gather
up those phones and accessories at your house and the office and bring
them in!
When Is the Drive?
September 11 - 15, 2006
What’s Being Collected?
Cellular phones, batteries, and accessories from home or
the office
Where Will the Collection Boxes
Be?
Collection boxes will be placed at the following locations beginning
Monday, September 11:
The collection
boxes will be emptied Tuesday, September 19. Phones and accessories
may be hand delivered to Communication Services, 1111 Franklin Street,
Room 8330F, through the end of the day, Monday, September 18. Donated
items will be packaged and shipped to the VerizonWireless Hopeline
Program on September 20.
What’s the VerizonWireless
HopeLine Program?
You may learn more about the program by visiting http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/aboutUs/communityservice/hopeLine.jsp.
All refurbished cellular equipment will go to agencies that provide
victims of domestic violence with essential communication tools--wireless
phones and services. Examples of local agencies that benefit from
the program include A Safe Place, Asian Women's Shelter, La Casa de
Las Madres, Community United Against Domestic Violence, and Rosalie
House.
What If I Have Questions?
Carmen Lutz is spearheading this year’s effort. You may contact
her at carmen.lutz@ucop.edu or 987-0010.
Will There Be More Drives?
Yes, the Cell Phone Recycling Drive will be an annual event. Communication
Services wants to do its part to contribute towards a cleaner, safer,
and more humane global environment. Thank you for your continued support
and participation.
