Introduction

About Us

Fact Sheet

Why Recycle

Press Releases

Press Coverage

Recycling Statement

Community Relations

Frequent Questions

Contact Information

Media Contacts

Andrew Hinkle
Public Relations
(352) 369-3888

Fact Sheet

• CellForCash.com went live in November 2002.

• We pay out over $1 million annually to CellForCash.com customers.

• We average over 400,000 unique visitors each month.

• We have recycled over 250,000 cell phones since our inception.

• Since 2002 we have been interviewed by the media over 60 times.

• We won a prestigious Webby Award in 2005.

• We buy back over 600 cell phone models.

• Our average cell phone payment price is over $25

• We have facilitated the donation of over $400,000 and 30,000 cell phones to charities and non-profits nationwide.

• There are approximately 230 million wireless users in the US and over 2 billion worldwide.

• The average wireless user retires their old cell phone every 18 months.

• Over 70% of Americans do not know that they can recycle their old cell phone.

• Only 2.3% of Americans recycle their old cell phones and 7% throw them in the garbage.

• Surveys suggest that 90% of Americans would recycle their cell phone if there was a convenient way to do it.

• Cell phones, unlike TVs, have a positive scrap value meaning the value of cell phone reuse is currently sufficient to finance the collection and recycling infrastructure.

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