4,260 cell phones later, Recycle My Cell winners announced

OTTAWA - Recycle My Cell, a national recycling program for mobile phones and accessories, announced today the winners of the third annual Recycle My Cell Student Challenge. Held again in partnership with Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the challenge saw Canadian students from kindergarten to post-secondary collecting as many old wireless devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, accessories and cell phone batteries. The Challenge took place from October 15 to November 15, 2012, with 131 schools across Canada participating. A total of 4,260 cell phones were collected through the Challenge, along with over 270 kilograms of...