Environmental

Affiliations, awards and recognition

• On August 29, 2003, ReCellular Inc. was chosen to receive the Washtenaw County 2003 Environmental Excellence Award in Waste Reduction and Recycling for its ongoing corporate recycling and waste reduction efforts. The award will be presented at the 5th annual Environmental Excellence Awards Ceremony in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 17, 2003.
  
  
• On May 21, 2003, the Michigan Recycling Coalition at the MRC Annual Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan named ReCellular Inc. as the 2003 Recycler of the Year. Recipients of this award are chosen based on the organization's continued dedication to recycling and a cleaner global environment. The Michigan Recycling Coalition is the state chapter of the National Recycling Coalition.
  
  
• In May of 2003, ReCellular Inc. received a "Waste Knot" award from Washtenaw County, Michigan, listing ReCellular as a Washtenaw County Waste Reduction Partner. The award was in recognition of ReCellular's "Dedication to Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, and Buying Recycled Products".
  
  
• In July of 2003, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC), and the Basel Action Network (BAN), in cooperation with the Computer TakeBack Campaign announced that ReCellular renewed its Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship. This pledge addresses many important issues including Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes.
  
  
• ReCellular has been certified as a 2003 Waste Knott Partner. They have reduced their waste stream, and increased their recycling and reuse efforts. This award comes from the Washtenaw County Department of Planning and Environment.
  
  
• In August of 2002 ReCellular entered into the Electronics Recyclers Pledge of True Stewardship with the Basel Action Network and the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC). This pledge is a progressive acknowledgement of environmental initiatives. Purchasing power of corporations, stopping hazardous waste exportation, and improving safety and environmental conditions at the work place are a few of the issues that this pledge deals with.
  
  
• The Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partnership (MBP3) is an organization created to help businesses communicate about their efforts, share success stories while continually improving their own environmental initiatives. MBP3 also works to improve "cost-effective techniques to reduce waste and prevent the release of hazardous substances." ReCellular became a recognized member of this partnership in late 2002.
  
  
• In December of 2002 ReCellular joined the Michigan Recycling Coalition along with the National Recycling Coalition. These organizations are a core part of ReCellular's recycling initiatives. By joining this organization ReCellular gained access to publications, projects and informational sessions to keep them focused on their own environmental issues while giving them a connection to many other great recyclers in Michigan and countrywide.
  
  
• ReCellular was recognized in the E-Waste News as one of the 80 best electronic recyclers in the nation in 2002, and one of the Top 100 recyclers in the country based on recycling revenues.