How to recycle home phones
Usable home phones
Donate working home phones to local charities:
Old and broken home phones
Take old and broken telephones to an electronics recycling drop-off.
This includes:
- Corded and cordless home phones
- Answering machines
- VOIP phones
- Rotary phones
- USB speakerphones
Special instructions
- If you take electronics to a landfill and bring other garbage in your load, landfill charges will apply.
- Some restrictions apply. For full details, see Electronics Recycling program.
- Do NOT put electronics in your blue cart as these items can damage the equipment at the recycling facility.
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Electronics recycling depots listed below: