RECYCLE Your Used Cell Phones Submitted August 3, 2006 by By Vicki Gist, KSLB Starbuck's Town Center helps Keep Sugar Land Safe AND Beautiful with the Ecophones program Americans discard more than 130 million used cell phones a year. That’s 4 cell phones per second! All of which adds up to 65,000 tons of potentially toxic waste generated annually. The phones’ disposal in Texas landfills or incinerators can have a widespread impact on public health and the environment. Kroger, Sweeetwater helps Keep Sugar Land Safe AND Beautiful with the Ecophones program. The toxic material from a single phone is capable of polluting 158,200 gallons of water! Please recycle your used cell phone(s) at the following locations: Starbucks, Town Center 2545 Town Center Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77479 Kroger, Sweetwater 4825 Sweetwater Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77479 Ben & Jerry's, Town Square On the Plaza in Town Square next to City Hall Sugar Land, TX 77479 For more information please visit www.KSLB.org or call 281-313-5752.

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