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Recycle My Cell student challenge returns


OTTAWA – C’mon kids, grab those old mobile devices: the Recycle My Cell student challenge is back for a fourth year. As the national sponsor of Waste Reduction Week in Canada (October 21-27), Recycle My Cell is challenging all Canadian schools and post-secondary institutions to recycle as many old wireless devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, accessories and cell phone batteries. The school in each province and territory that collects the most cell phones (based on school population) will be awarded $500 to be used towards a school environmental project.  Last year, more than 4,000 cell...