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Boost Mobile: Boost Mobile Helps Unwrong the Environment With Two 'Green' Alternatives to Throwing Away Old Cell Phones During

^{Published on 2009-03-24 07:03:29, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 18:44:11 - Market Wire}
 

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - March 24, 2009) - Each year, an estimated 130 million cell phones are retired -- averaging more than 350,000 each day*. To celebrate National Cleaning Week, March 22 - 28, Boost Mobile encourages consumers to get into the 'spring cleaning' spirit, stop ignoring that old phone and either reuse it, give it away or recycle.

Reuse or Re-gift a Boost Mobile or Nextel Handset with a Boost Mobile Starter Kit

An alternative to recycling is to give new life to a previously used Boost Mobile or Nextel phone with a Boost Mobile Starter Kit. After purchasing the $19.99 Starter Kit, users simply insert the SIM Card into any Boost Mobile or Nextel cell phone and instantly receive $10 in call credits. The Starter Kit is available for customers that want to get started on Boost Mobile's prepaid plans that allow customers to pay by the month, day or minute.

"Purchasing a Starter Kit is a quick and affordable way for consumers to get started on Boost's popular new Monthly Unlimited plan," said Jeff Auman, vice president of sales at Boost Mobile. "Even though our phones start as low as $30, using a new SIM card in an older, dormant phone is convenient and environmentally friendly by not filling up our landfills with toxic e-waste."

'E-waste,' or electronics trash, is piling up faster than ever, accounting for 70 percent of the overall toxic waste currently found in landfills, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

For more information about the Boost Mobile Starter Kit, please visit [ http://www.boostmobile.com/starterkit ]

Boost Mobile's Phone Recycling Program Supports Global Inheritance

Boost Mobile's cell phone recycling program supports Global Inheritance, a 501c3 non-profit organization working to reinvent activism for today's young generation. Proceeds from the recycling effort benefit POSTed, a Web site by Global Inheritance that provides schools with free artistically designed posters promoting everything from recycling and exercise to voting and energy conservation.

POSTed provides an entry point for students to get into the habit of thinking about the environment, social causes and world issues through the creativity of art. For more information, visit [ www.globalinheritance.org ]

Customers can participate in Boost Mobile's phone recycling program, hassle free, using the prepaid envelope available online for download at [ www.boostmobile.com ]

About Boost Mobile

Boost Mobile, the prepaid division of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: [ S ]), redefines value for wireless consumers with its 'Monthly Unlimited' service, offering unlimited anytime calling, text messaging, wireless web and exclusive Boost® Walkie-Talkie service with a national calling area for $50 a month. Boost Mobile 'Monthly Unlimited' offers flat-rate, nationwide service in 15,800 cities throughout the United States on the Nextel National Network -- all with no additional telecom taxes, activation, roaming, traveling or long distance fees. Boost Mobile offers a selection of quality handsets from Motorola, ranging from entry-level to high end, as well as worry-free calling plans that enable customers to pay by the minute, day or month. Boost-branded wireless phones are available nationwide at nearly 20,000 major retail stores including Best Buy, Radio Shack, Target, Wal-Mart; Sprint retail stores and independent wireless dealer locations; with Re-Boost® available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the U.S. Purchase and experience Boost Mobile on the Web at MySpace, Facebook and [ www.boostmobile.com ].

* According to Earth911.com