Recycle Your Cell Phone

January is one of the busiest times for cell phone recycling, because so many are replaced or upgraded during the holidays. Since your trusty cell contains not-so-nice materials like arsenic, lead and zinc, keeping it out of a landfill is a must. Think about donating your old cell phone to help victims of domestic violence or other charitable organizations. Even if you think one phone is too small to do much environmental harm, its power comes in volume - over 1.1 billion phones were sold in 2007 alone.