Dive summary:
- AT&T customers set a new Guinness World Record by recycled 50,942 mobile devices in one week.
- The recycling drive save 25,000 pounds of waste from being sent to landfills.
- The top participating states were Texas with 5,879 phones, California with 4,916 phones, and Florida with 3,085 phones.
From the article:
America Recycles Day (ARD) isn’t until Thursday, November 15 but thousands of AT&T customers are already in the spirit. Over the course of a single week in September 2012, AT&T customers recycled 50,942 phones, setting a new Guinness World Record for recycling wireless devices.
By recycling more than 50,000 mobile devices, AT&T customers avoided sending about 25,000 pounds of waste to landfills. ...