Although it wouldn’t be unheard of, a ‘recycling’ category is yet to be added to the App Store

Jul 8, 2010 14:58 GMT  ·  By

1-800-Recycling.com, an Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) initiative, has announced that its iPhone app, “My Recycle List”, is now the #1 top rated “recycling application” on Apple’s App Store, just 22 days after its release. However, there is no such category as “recycling apps”. 1-800-Recycling.com claims to be dedicated to simplifying and enhancing the consumer recycling experience.

Living in the Lifestyle section of the App Store, the “My Recycle List App” is designed to simplify recycling by reducing the amount of trips a person needs to take to accomplish their goal. The company helps customers find the recycling locations nearest to them, for any kind of recycling, claiming every zip code in the US is covered. Its new App, My Recycle List, directs users to responsible recyclers of electronics, tires, oil, paint, glass, plastic, wood, mattresses, carpet, junk and more.

“My Recycle List” is a user-friendly App for iPhone or iPad designed to help anyone anywhere participate in the recycling of items they would otherwise throw away. The first fully comprehensive “all items, all zip codes” recycling App, 1-800-Recycling’s free App, available at the Apple App store, enables the user to quickly find recycling locations nearby that accept items the user selects from a list. The App enables the user to easily organize locations by adding them to a personalized list – like an intuitive grocery list for recyclers.

“We are extremely proud of the tremendous success of our ‘My Recycling List’ App,” said John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, and parent company of 1-800-Recycling.com. “That we’ve been so readily embraced by the population at large shows just how desperately people wanted and needed a simplification of the recycling process. Our App, like our 1-800-Recycling.com site and 1-800-Recycling interactive phone system, enables anyone anywhere to be an active part of the recycling process – whether at home or at work.”

Download My Recycle List for iOS (Free)