Think Green — Cell phones pile up during recycling push

UNMC already has collected enough personal cell phones in a new recycling push to fill a campus mail tub.

UNMC employees who wish to recycle old personal cellular telephones can do so on by placing their old phones into campus courier envelopes, stapling them shut and sending them to “Campus Mailroom, Cell Phone Recycling.”

Jenelle Kerger of UNMC Mail Services displays several of the personal cellular phones collected as part the new cell phone recycling program.

This program is strictly for personal cell phones, chargers and batteries, said Rick Boldt, UNMC’s campus recycling coordinator.

Those who have old phones that were provided by UNMC can send them to Hali Sedlak at ZIP 5050 to be recycled, Boldt said.