AT&T announces e-waste collection effort across Atlanta metro area
Bringing in April’s “Earth Month,” AT&T announced a new effort to combat the issue of e-waste in the metro Atlanta area. AT&T has announced a new effort to combat the issue of e-waste in the metro Atlanta area, specifically in response to April's "Earth Month." The company is encouraging community members to recycle their old laptops, phones, tablets, and other technological devices. For each pound of discarded electronic waste, AT&T will donate a laptop to a local family or student in need. Additionally, a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation will have one tree planted per recycled device.
Published : 4 weeks ago by WSBTV.com News Staff in Tech
Bringing in April’s “Earth Month,” AT&T announced a new effort to combat the issue of e-waste in the metro Atlanta area.
According to the company, e-waste is made up of items typically found around the house and no longer in use, like outdated or unused phones, as well as other technological devices “gathering dust in the corner.”
AT&T said it’s estimated about 50 million metric tons of e-waste is generated globally every year.
To help fight that problem in Atlanta, several of the company’s retail locations will be accepting e-waste for disposal throughout the month.
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“Instead of tossing old tech in the trash bin and adding to the e-waste problem, AT&T is encouraging community members to recycle their old laptops, phones, tablets, etc.” at the following retail locations:
AT&T said that for each pound of e-waste collected, they’ll donate a laptop to a local family or student in need as a way to help close “the digital divide.”
Additionally, a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation will have one tree planted per recycled device, AT&T said.