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Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless has announced that it has collected more than four million old and no-longer-used wireless phones since the October 2001 launch of the company's HopeLine national phone recycling and reuse program.

 

The HopeLine program, which benefits domestic violence prevention and awareness programs nationwide, has awarded more than $4 million in cash grants, generated by the sale of refurbished phones, to domestic violence agencies and organizations.

HopeLine has also provided more than 45,000 wireless phones with more than 100 million minutes of service and other features valued at more than $13 million to be used by victims of domestic violence.

Since January of this year, consumers and businesses have given more than 800,000 wireless phones to the HopeLine program, enabling more than $1.2 million in cash grants and the planned donation of more than 15,000 HopeLine phones to nearly 400 shelters and other organizations working to support those who have experienced abuse.

Phones that can be refurbished are sold for reuse and those without value are disposed of in an environmentally sound way.

 

HopeLine has properly disposed of nearly one million phones and kept more than 200 tons of electronic waste and batteries out of landfills till date.


Verizon Wireless' commitment to fighting domestic violence began in 1995 when the company - then Bell Atlantic Mobile - introduced its HopeLine program. Over the past 12 years, HopeLine has grown significantly and is now a multifaceted program that includes a successful phone recycling and re-use effort, financial support for local and national domestic violence organizations, community and corporate awareness programs, and partnerships with law enforcement agencies, professional sports teams, educational institutions and corporations nationwide.