Verizon internal recycling initiatives

Batteries and telecom materials

Our practices for recycling batteries exceed regulatory mandates. Verizon sends materials from U.S. operations for recycling to approved facilities in the U.S. or Canada. These facilities are audited at least every five years. In addition, we require suppliers to send their used batteries to approved recycling facilities that meet Verizon’s Environmental, Health and Safety Standards.

In 2017, we recycled approximately 77 million pounds of telecommunications equipment, batteries, paper, cardboard and other items.

Customer
devices

In 2017, our customers returned
millions of
devices for recycling.

100%
of devices returned were
repurposed, reused or recycled.

100%
of accessories were also
repurposed, reused or recycled.