Smart Restart is Facebook's smartphone recycling program to make a material impact on the estimated 100M+ smartphones that are no longer used in the US.
Best Buy and Facebook Smart Restart are teaming up to connect the world. Today, connectivity often requires owning a mobile device. This collaboration was founded on the vision of bringing internet connectivity to the 4 billion unconnected by enabling access to mobile devices. Best Buy's trade-in program is an easy way to recycle your old mobile device to be reused or recycled, thus bringing connectivity to the under-connected areas of the world.
Best Buy and Facebook Smart Restart's collaboration aims to collect reusable mobile devices to help global non-profit organizations carry out their missions to connect the populations they serve. Some of our upcoming initiatives include arming doctors and health workers with mobile devices so they can efficiently address medical emergencies in emerging countries. With your participation, we will continue to expand our partnerships and initiatives, creating a measurable impact on the global community.
Our program helps raise awareness for environmentally sustainable practices. According to the Electronics Takeback Coalition, over 100 million smartphones are disposed of improperly every year in the U.S. alone, leading to water and soil contamination, as well as human health issues. We address this problem head on by providing an easy and free way for you to dispose of old phones, even those that are no longer functional. We keep these devices out of landfills and prevent the growing problem of global e-waste, thus creating a greener and healthier planet.
To connect the world through enabling mobile internet connectivity
