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Cell Phones - Household Waste Guide

Check with your nearest cell phone store.  Most of the following will take back cell phones:

- Alltel
- Batteries Plus
- Black & Decker
- Cingular Wireless
- Circuit City
- Home Depot
- Lowe’s
- Office Depot
- Radio Shack
- Sears
- US Cellular
- Verizon Wireless
- Sprint

  Company Location Phone Link  
Cascade Engineering 3400 Innovation Court SE
Grand Rapids
616.975.4800
Website

Monday- Friday 6am to 6pm

Cell Phones for Soldiers     Website Turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country. Many sites in Kent County are listed.
Grand Rapids YWCA 25 Sheldon Boulevard SE
Grand Rapids
616.459.4681
Website Will resell cell phones to a refurbishing and recycling partner. The proceeds will be used to care for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault here in our community.
Kent County Recycling & Education Center 977 Wealthy SW
Grand Rapids
616.336.2467 Website Open Mon - Fri
7:30am - 4pm

There is no cost for individuals to recycle the following items at this facility: cell phone, computer tower and laptop, computer monitor, computer accessories (speakers, mouse, keyboard), scanner, printer, fax machine, copier, networking equipment, stereo, VCR, DVD player, video game player, video camera, digital camera, television, microwave, telephone, pager, CD, DVD, floppy disc, VHS tapes.
North Kent Recycle & Transfer Station 2908 Ten Mile Rd
Rockford
616.877.4192 Website Open Mon - Sat 7:30am - 5pm

There is no cost for individuals to recycle the following items at this facility: cell phone, computer tower and laptop, computer monitor, computer accessories (speakers, mouse, keyboard), scanner, printer, fax machine, copier, networking equipment, stereo, VCR, DVD player, video game player, video camera, digital camera, television, microwave, telephone, pager, CD, DVD, floppy disc, VHS tapes.
ReCellular 2300 Traverwood Drive
Ann Arbor
734.205.2200
800.441.1544

Website Sell, donate or recycle used cell phones worry free! The Cell Phone Data Eraser gives you all the tools you need to remove personal information like contact names and phone numbers from used cell phones.
Safe Haven Ministries 3501 Lake Eastbrook Blvd. SE Suite 335
Grand Rapids
616.452.6664 Website Drop off your used cell phone(s) to Safe Haven’s office. Safe Haven sends them to Shelter Alliance for recycling. Funds are raised to support Safe Haven’s programs.
South Kent Landfill 10300 South Kent Drive SW
Byron Center, MI 49315
616.877.4192 Website

Open Mon - Fri7:30am - 5pm
Sat 7:30am - 3:30pm

There is no cost for individuals to recycle the following items at this facility: cell phone, computer tower and laptop, computer monitor, computer accessories (speakers, mouse, keyboard), scanner, printer, fax machine, copier, networking equipment, stereo, VCR, DVD player, video game player, video camera, digital camera, television, microwave, telephone, pager, CD, DVD, floppy disc, VHS tapes.