{"id":13665,"date":"2012-09-26T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=13665"},"modified":"2012-09-26T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:57:43","slug":"get-cash-for-your-old-cell-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/get-cash-for-your-old-cell-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Cash For <br>Your Old Cell Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service<\/strong><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/get-cash-for-your-old-cell-phones\/recyle-pp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13666\" title=\"recyle PP\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/recyle-PP-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/recyle-PP-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/recyle-PP.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Convert your old electronic gadgets to cash!\u00a0 Going green just got easier, and even profitable, thanks to the initiatives of the U.S. Postal Service. If you have old cellphones, PDAs, digital cameras or any other electronic devices lying around and gathering dust, don\u2019t just toss them out. Give the U.S. Postal Service a chance to reclaim them back for a greener tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>USPS is working with MaxBack, an electronics recycling company, as a partner in an effort to reduce the problem of e-waste and landfills. USPS has now made the recycling program available at 3,100 retail locations across theUnited States. For customers it is a double-headed benefit as they can now reduce the electronic clutter around the house and also earn some cash.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/ship\/recycle-through-usps.htm\">www.usps.com\/ship\/recycle-through-usps.htm<\/a> and follow four easy steps to find out how much your old cell phone or items are worth.\u00a0 You will receive an instant quote on the value of your item.\u00a0 If the value is over $5.00, MaxBack will provide a pre-paid shipping label or shipping kit for its return.\u00a0 Even if your old electronic device isn\u2019t worth a dime, free recycling mail-back envelopes are available at participating USPS locations.\u00a0 Used ink jet cartridges may also be sent in these recycling mail-back envelopes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Zip\u2019s Tip: <\/strong>\u00a0The Postal Service has won numerous environmental honors, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) WasteWise Partner of the Year award in 2010 and 2011, the EPA\u2019s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities award in 2011 and the Climate Registry Gold award in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette Convert your old electronic gadgets to cash!\u00a0 Going green just got easier, and even profitable,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}