OTTAWA, March 4, 2015 /CNW/ - The results are in and
Canadian students have once again demonstrated their commitment to
the responsible management of e-waste. Recycle My Cell,
Canada's recycling program for
mobile devices and accessories, announced today the winners of the
fifth annual Recycle My Cell Student Challenge. In collaboration
with the 2014 Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the Challenge saw students from
kindergarten to post-secondary collecting as many old wireless
devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, pagers,
accessories and cell phone batteries.
More than 130 schools from across the country participated in
the 2014 edition of the Challenge, which was held from October 20 to November 21. The schools collected
more than 5,200 wireless devices along with 262 kilograms of
wireless accessories and batteries. The school that collected the
most wireless devices in each participating province and territory,
based on student population, will receive a $500 donation to support the school's green
initiatives.
"Canada's young people are to
be commended for their understanding that simple steps to managing
e-waste will have lasting effects on our environment for
generations to come," said Bernard
Lord, President and CEO of the Canadian Wireless
Telecommunications Association (CWTA). "On behalf of the country's
wireless industry, I congratulate all of the students that
participated in the Challenge for once again demonstrating their
environmental leadership."
"There is a lot of value in so much of what we usually toss
aside and consider junk, like out-of-date or broken electronics,"
said Jo-Anne St. Godard, Executive
Director, Recycling Council of Ontario. "Thanks to students across
Canada that collected more than
5,200 devices for recycling, approximately 83 kilograms of copper
and 2 kilograms of silver will be recovered."
The winning schools in the 2014 Recycle My Cell Student
Challenge are:
- Coles Island School, Coles Island,
New Brunswick
- Decker Colony School, Decker, Manitoba
- École Évangéline, Wellington,
Prince Edward Island
- École Val-des-Ormes, Rosemère, Québec
- Edwin Parr Composite School, Athabasca, Alberta
- Immaculate Heart of Mary School,
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and
Labrador
- Islands Consolidated School, Freeport, Nova Scotia
- Marysville Public School, Wolfe
Island, Ontario
- Princess Alexandra School,
Hay River, Northwest
Territories
- Sacred Heart School, Prince
George, British Columbia
- Tisdale Elementary School, Tisdale,
Saskatchewan
The Recycle My Cell Student Challenge is made possible by the
generous support of the Recycle My Cell Partners: Bell, BlackBerry,
Eastlink, GEEP Inc., Google, GREENTEC, LG Electronics Canada, Inc.,
Lynx Mobility, Microsoft, MTS, ProMobility, Rogers Communications,
Samsung Electronics Canada Inc., SaskTel, Sony of Canada, Tbaytel, TELUS, Videotron, and Virgin
Mobile Canada.
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About Recycle My Cell
Recycle My Cell is Canada's national recycling program for mobile
phones and accessories. The bilingual Web site –
www.RecycleMyCell.ca and www.recyclemoncell.ca – allows consumers
to simply enter their postal code to locate the 10 drop-off
locations closest to them where their devices will be accepted,
regardless of brand or condition. The free program is run by the
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), in
conjunction with cell phone carriers, handset manufacturers and
approved processors, who have come together to raise awareness
about the importance of cell phone recycling.
About Waste Reduction Week in Canada
Waste Reduction Week in
Canada was developed in 2001 by a
coalition of 13 recycling councils and sister organizations from
across Canada and is delivered
each October by the same group. The program's goal is to inform
Canadians about the environmental and social ramifications of
wasteful practices. Waste Reduction Week in Canada uses its "take action" messaging to
empower all Canadians to adopt more environmentally conscious
choices, and provide them with information and ideas to reduce
waste in all facets of daily living, creating solutions to the many
environmental challenges we face. Learn more at
www.wrwcanada.com.
SOURCE Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association