Article: Cowboys Wrangle-Up Cell Phones on the Streets of Chicago for THE GREAT AMERICAN CELL PHONE ROUND UP on November 15, America Recycles Day.

-- The First Great American Cell Phone Round Up will be held in honor of America Recycles Day, November 15, 2006, to collect and recycle a portion of Chicago's estimated hundreds of thousands of retired cell phones.

-- Teams of roaming cowboys will round up retired cell phones throughout the city and provide residents with postage-paid envelopes that make cell phone recycling free and easy.

-- In the United States, it is estimated that each year greater than 130 million cell phones are retired, thereby accounting for more than 65,000 tons of waste.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Teams of Cowboys will be wrangling up retired cell phones in ...

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