{"id":3403,"date":"2011-01-28T10:13:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T10:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:53:15","slug":"merritt-island-couple-starts-cell-phone-recycling-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/merritt-island-couple-starts-cell-phone-recycling-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Merritt Island Couple Starts Cell Phone Recycling Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/landfill.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-239\" title=\"landfill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/landfill.jpg\" alt width=\"138\" height=\"92\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-239 lazyload\" title=\"landfill\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20138%2092%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"138\" height=\"92\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/landfill.jpg\"><\/a>A MerrittIsland couple has decided to become recycling entrepreneurs, setting up their own company to enable the recycling of old cell phones along with other now unusable electronic equipment which would otherwise end up clogging up landfills.&nbsp; The online business, eRecyclingNetwork.com, is described as being \u201can alternative to letting\u201d old cell phones and other defunct electronic equipment just \u201csit around your house\u201d, according to its co-founder, Conrad Melancon.<\/p>\n<p>With thirty million computers replaced each and every month in the United States, and most cell phone users changing their old cellular every nine months, the amount of waste is obviously great, and the Melancons wanted to create an alternative method for people to get rid of them.&nbsp; \u201cMost people know that they shouldn\u2019t just throw them away because it\u2019s bad for the environment,\u201d notes Melancon, but adds that many do indeed just \u201cend up throwing them away\u201d.&nbsp; Now the Melancons have set up the online business by forging a deal with an electronics recycler based in Minnesota, which enables users to check out how much their old cell phones etc are worth, and even print out a mailing label so that they can send it in to be recycled minus the cost of postage.&nbsp; \u201cThey can trade in their old products and use that to defray the cost of their new product,\u201d he says, a deal that applies to not just old cell phones but also cameras, laptop computers, GPS devices and even flat screen televisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MerrittIsland couple has decided to become recycling entrepreneurs, setting up their own company to enable the recycling of old cell phones along with other now unusable electronic equipment which would otherwise end up clogging up landfills.  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