Green Bay, WI (November 22, 2023) – Cellcom is using old cell phones to invest in the local community. The wireless company has selected 26 non-profits to receive $23,000 in Green Gifts, which uses money generated from its handset recycling program to fund green non-profit initiatives. This year Cellcom’s Green Gifts are addressing environmental sustainability, supporting outreach and educational efforts, conserving local natural resources, and inspiring the next generation of environmental advocates.
“Cellcom is focused on reducing our negative impact on the environment and investing in projects in our communities that do the same. From preserving and enhancing natural areas to providing educational programming to spearheading sustainability and research efforts, this year’s Green Gift recipients are leading the way for environmental causes locally,” said Mick O’Malley, director of sustainability at Cellcom. “We’re proud to support the many nonprofits throughout our service area that are not only performing critical work for our environment but also inspiring the community to become environmental stewards.”
By recycling old devices Cellcom customers are partners in the Green Gifts program, protecting the environment and reinvesting in the community.
“By responsibly recycling phones and tablets with Cellcom at the end of their usable life, we’re able to keep harmful materials out of landfills and make a difference throughout northeast and central Wisconsin,” said O’Malley.
The 2023 Cellcom Green Gifts were awarded throughout Cellcom’s service area and included:
- Baird Creek Preservation Foundation (Green Bay)
- Boston School Forest (Stevens Point)
- Boys and Girls Club of Portage County (Stevens Point)
- Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc (Sturgeon Bay)
- Door County Environmental Council (Sister Bay)
- Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (Appleton)
- Greater Green Bay YMCA (Green Bay)
- Green Bay Botanical Garden (Green Bay)
- Green Bay Sail & Paddle, Inc. (Green Bay)
- Heckrodt Wetland Reserve (Menasha)
- L.H. Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve – Brown County Parks (Suamico)
- Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program administered by UW-Green Bay (Green Bay)
- Manitowoc County Historical Society (Manitowoc)
- Manitowoc County Soil & Water Conservation Department (Manitowoc)
- Monk Botanical Gardens (Wausau)
- Navarino Nature Center, Inc. (Shiocton)
- New Leaf Foods, Inc. (Green Bay)
- North Lakeland Discovery Center (Manitowish Waters)
- Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust (Appleton)
- Open Door Bird Sanctuary (Sturgeon Bay)
- Shawano Community Middle School (Shawano)
- Shawano County Friends of the Mountain Bay Trail Inc. (Shawano)
- The Camp Nicolet Foundation (Eagle River)
- Trees For Tomorrow (Eagle River)
- Wild Instincts (Rhinelander)
- Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve, Inc. (Two Rivers)
Since 2004 Cellcom has offered a cell phone recycling program where customers can bring in their old or unwanted phones to be reused and recycled. Cellcom sends the phones to recyclers who in return send money to Cellcom for the materials that were saved from the phones. Cellcom’s recycling program has generated $604,206 for local charities over the past 20 years. Consumers can contribute to the program by donating their old cell phones for recycling at any Cellcom retail location.
