| Nearly everyone has a mobile phone. It is | | | | you are not using the phone anymore and you |
| reported that at least 1000 new mobile phones | | | | get some money back for it that you have put |
| are purchased everyday in the UK alone. | | | | into owning it. It gives it a new lease of life. |
| Unfortunately most of these phones are obsolete | | | | Someone else gets a new phone and you get a |
| after a year or so as new versions come out | | | | bit of cash back for it. |
| with better more advanced features. So what | | | | The other option (and one which is the most |
| happens then is that the old handset often ends | | | | easiest and economical) is to sell your phone to a |
| up chucked in a drawer somewhere never to be | | | | mobile phone recycling website. A mobile phone |
| seen a long time again. Sadly some of these are | | | | recycling website will purchase the phone from |
| actually thrown in the rubbish only to end up in | | | | you for a certain amount, sending you payment |
| landfill sites where they don't break down | | | | for the phone within a matter of days. This |
| biodegrading and just sit there in the ground for | | | | makes selling it much faster than selling it on |
| centuries. Mobile phones contain precious and | | | | eBay. And a lot less complicated as well. Also |
| harmful metals such as cadmium which can have | | | | you'd pay no listing fees and no sending fees |
| a devastating effect on ecological systems and | | | | either. You may not get as much for it as you |
| seep out into water systems contaminating the | | | | might selling it on eBay etc but once you take |
| water supplies. | | | | into account all the fees associated with doing |
| So never ever throw mobile phones in the trash! | | | | that compared to selling it for free to a recycling |
| At the least take it into your local charity shop | | | | service it can work out the same anyway. |
| who will probably have some sort of arrangement | | | | There are many many people who do this on a |
| with a recycling company who collect it and | | | | daily basis. Some of the recycling websites |
| recycle it through various stages. The other | | | | receive hundreds of phones everyday. They pay |
| options of course are to sell your phone. You can | | | | out for each of them providing it is in a good |
| sell it online using an auction site such as eBay. | | | | condition. There are many of these mobile phone |
| Obviously with that are involved listing it. Paying | | | | recycling websites around as well. Some pay |
| the eBay listing fees and of course actually having | | | | more than others. Some have different ways |
| to trundle down the post office to ensure it is | | | | they pay you and different benefits that others |
| sent off to the winning buyer/bidder. | | | | don't. To find out for yourself would mean visiting |
| You could also sell it to a friend or family member | | | | each site and seeing how much they are offering |
| or someone that needs or wants to purchase a | | | | for your make and model of phone. That can be |
| mobile phone and can't afford to purchase a | | | | very time consuming and frustrating for some |
| brand new one or can't simply get a contract | | | | people who simply don't have the time to do the |
| phone. This might make sense for you because | | | | research. |