[February 16, 2012] NBA Teams with Sprint to Host NBA All-Star E-Recycling Day Tweet Feb 16, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sprint have announced that they are joining forces with the City of Orlando, Keep Orlando Beautiful, and Creative Recycling to host the NBA All-Star E-Recycling Day presented by Sprint at Orlando Festival Park on Saturday, Feb. 18. In a release, the groups said that the NBA and Sprint are encouraging fans to bring their electronics nearing end of life, such as computers, cell-phones, televisions, DVD players, stereos, copiers, and fax machines so that they can be recycled responsibly. NBA legend Bo Outlaw will be on hand that day to welcome fans at 9 a.m. ET, with the collection going until 3 p.m. According to the groups, fans who drop off their electronics will receive two tickets per car to NBA All-Star Jam Session on Thursday, Feb. 23, or Friday, Feb. 24, while supplies last. Jam Session, a four-day interactive basketball event featuring more than 500,000 square feet of NBA All-Star entertainment, will take place at the Orange County Convention Center from Thursday, Feb. 23 through Sunday, Feb. 26. The NBA and Sprint will partner this year on a series of sustainability initiatives to educate and encourage fans to recycle and reduce their carbon footprint. Fans can learn more about the NBA and Sprint recycling events and view a complete list of accepted items at nbacares.com. "Sprint is excited to partner with the NBA to promote the safe disposal of electronics," said Ralph Reid, Sprint's vice president of corporate responsibility. "This is a great opportunity to drive awareness around the growing concerns surrounding electronic waste and for fans to recycle their used electronics responsibly." "All-Star E-Recycling Day underscores the NBA and Sprint's shared commitment to raise environmental awareness and encourage fans to do their part," said Todd Jacobson, NBA senior vice president of community relations. "Thanks to guidance from the NRDC, the NBA and its teams continue to take steps to reduce our energy consumption and waste and hopefully together with Sprint and our fans we can continue to make a difference." Fans who are unable to attend this event on Saturday will still have the opportunity to recycle their mobile devices by bringing them to a Sprint retail store, located at 4104 Millenia Blvd, where NBA legend Nick Anderson will be in attendance on Friday, Feb. 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. At this Sprint retail store, fans can participate in the Sprint Buyback program (sprintbuyback.com) which offers new and existing Sprint customers credit for recycling their unwanted wireless devices. Sprint offers a service credit of up to $250 for eligible devices, even if they're from other carriers. To date, Sprint has kept 27 million cell phones out of landfills, helping to conserve resources and prevent air and water pollution. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]