Hi, Padre - I understand that cel phones will make contact with 911, even after the regular service contract has expired. I understand the nuns I work for at the women's center have given them to elderly people for emergency help contacts - but the giveaway wasn't popular and we had a lot of phones left over that I gave to a cel phone company for recycling. I understand most of the cel phone firms will take old phones for recycling. The batteries require special disposal, and the cel phone companies will take care of that.
-Joe Offer-