Sprint and the Environment

Sprint is committed to being a corporate leader in environmental responsibility. In 2008, Sprint became the first United States wireless provider to establish a clear environmental vision by publishing a set of long-term environmental goals. Sprint already leads the industry through its commitment to absolutely reduce greenhouse gas emissions, deployment of renewable energy, and its aggressive cell-phone recycling efforts. These efforts are bolstered by environmentally responsible building practices, “green” IT, waste-reduction efforts, e-billing practices, environmentally beneficial products and services, and a strong environmental employee-engagement program, to name just a few.

Please read on to learn about our long-term environmental goals and the critical environmental initiatives we have under way.

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Sprint’s Long-Term Environmental Goals

1. We will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2017.
2. We will secure 10 percent of Sprint’s energy from renewable sources by 2017.
3. We will recycle 50 percent of our operational waste from our commercial facilities by 2017.
4. We will send for reuse or recycle 95 percent of our Network and IT e-waste by 2017.
5. We will ensure that 90 percent of our suppliers comply with our environmental standards by 2017.
6. We will achieve a 90 percent device collection rate (measured as the number of total devices collected divided by the number of devices sold), by 2017.

Click here to read Business for Social Responsibility’s (BSR) statement of support for Sprint’s environmental efforts.

Click here to visit Sprint’s green microsite.