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 | ||
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| Cascade Engineering | 3400 Innovation Court SE Grand Rapids |
616.975.4800 |
Website | Monday- Friday 6am to 6pm |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |


