VANCOUVER TRENDZ [THURSDAY]

Phones for Food

November 15, 2007

Brain tumours and goofy ring tones aside, it’s safe to say we looooove our cellphones! But let’s face it: mobiles are not made to last, nor do they decompose once they hit the landfill. Feel good about saying so long to your cell - and feed the hungry in the process - by recycling it with the Canadian Associated Food Bank’s Phones-for-Food Project. Used cells are collected and sold to the remanufacturing industry, with the proceeds going to local food banks. Just think: your little old cellphone could translate into a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, or a bunch of bananas for a family in need.

Click here to find out where you can drop yours off.

Have you entered this week's Contest yet? You could win 5 Pairs of Tickets valued at $100.00 to Science World's Omnimax Theatre. The furniture in your home looking a little dull? See yesterday's Brand New to put the "kool" in your room.