ReCellular

ReCellular
Private
Industry Recycling
Fate Bankrupt
Founded 1991
Founder Charles Newman
Defunct 2013
Headquarters Ann Arbor, Michigan
Key people
 Charles Newman, Chairman
Products Cell phones
Website www.mobilekarma.com

ReCellular was a recycler and reseller of cell phones, founded in 1991. ReCellular collected cell phones for resale and recycling, collecting more than 125,000 phones each week.[1]

ReCellular moved its headquarters from Dexter, Michigan to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2011, amid layoffs of about 70 people.[2] In 2013, it closed the Dexter facility and filed for receivership, a form of bankruptcy.[3]

Reuse and recycling

Approximately half of the phones ReCellular collects are reprogrammed and sold for reuse.

Obsolete or non-functional phones are dismantled and recycled to reclaim valuable materials, such as: gold, silver and palladium from circuit boards; copper wiring from phone chargers; nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from battery packs; and plastic from cases and accessories.[4]

In November 2006, the magazine Inc. named ReCellular to the Green 50.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fighting e-waste one cell phone at a time". ITworld. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/layoffs-hit-cell-phone-recycling-firm-recellular-despite-50-growth/
  3. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/12/recellular_lays_off_more_than.html
  4. ↑ Greene, Kate (2008-08-19). "Where Cell Phones Go to Die | MIT Technology Review". Technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  5. ↑ "The Recyclers - Green 50 - Sustainable businesses". Inc.com. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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