{"id":805,"date":"2011-09-09T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:52:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:52:58","slug":"can-local-governments-become-recycling-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/can-local-governments-become-recycling-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Local Governments Become Recycling Partners?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/recycle-waste.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-806\" title=\"recycle-waste\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/recycle-waste.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-806 lazyload\" title=\"recycle-waste\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/recycle-waste.gif\"><\/a>The question of government involvement in programs designed to benefit society is fast becoming a hot-button political issue.&nbsp; Conservatives are pressing the point of view that private enterprise can take over much of what the government now tries to accomplish while liberals would have us believe that sometimes government action is necessary to get things moving or keep up momentum.&nbsp; This very issue is likely to be a major player in the coming presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Cell phone recycling programs show us that both approaches can actually do some good.&nbsp; A recent example can be found in Westland, Michigan.&nbsp; The city has long run a successful program for recycling mundane goods such as 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