At Phone Medics Plus we are committed to doing our part to care for our environment and help our community. That’s why we accept your used personal electronics for recycling. As technology becomes a bigger part of our lives, it unfortunately also becomes a bigger portion of our garbage. Electronic waste, or “e-waste,” is the fastest growing form of waste in the nation. Millions of tons of e-waste go into landfills every year. Cell phones are a major component of this waste. The average cell phone is used for 18 months or less, and an estimated 140 million cell phones are thrown away every year. Not only does this waste take up an enormous amount of space in our landfills, it also represents a significant environmental threat. Many of the materials and components that are in your cell phone can be harmful to the environment. Phone in landfills can leak chemicals like cadmium, lithium, nickel, beryllium, and even arsenic into our soil and groundwater, where they present a hazard to ...