Each of the four major carriers in the United States has its own reuse/recycle effort, and they don’t care where a donated phone comes from, or whether it’s one of their own. Drop-off bins are located in many carriers’ stores.

AT&T, for example, provides free shipping labels for the Cell Phones for Soldiers program, which recycles phones and uses the proceeds to buy phone cards for troops stationed overseas.

The company and Cell Phones for Soldiers recycled more than 2.5 million wireless devices since Earth Day 2008, exceeding their Earth Day 2009 goal by more than 700,000 phones, according to AT&T, which said proceeds generated from recycling since Earth Day 2008 have went to the purchase of more than 250,000 prepaid phone cards for troops.

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