How to recycle/dispose of cell phones

Curbside collection: No
County facilities accepting cell phones:
 Shady Grove Processing Facility & Transfer Station

• US EPA cell phone recycling information and outreach resources

Take your phone to a local collection site

Find the cell phone collection site nearest you

We accept cell phones at our Solid Waste Processing Facility and Transfer Station, too. Bring them to our Hazardous Waste Receiving Area or the Administrative Office.

Donate your working phone for local emergency use

Mobile phones are equipped with a chip that allows calls to 911 or #77 (on state highways) even when they have no service connected to them. Thus, the phones continue to be useful even after you have disconnected your service.

Please donate your phone along with its battery and charging device.

• Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Judicial Center, Room T-8
    50 Maryland Avenue
    Rockville, Maryland 20850
  • 240-777-7000 (staffed 24 hours/day)

Participate in national recycling and donation options

Montgomery County does not endorse any of the following listings.

• AT&T
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Samsung
• Sprint
• T-Mobile
• Verizon
• Wireless Alliance

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This information last updated 4/10/2013.