Mobile Phone Recycling

With new contracts and technology changing every single day it’s not surprising that people have a few old mobile phones lying around the house.  I don’t personally like throwing things like this away, especially as they could be used if my new phone were to break.  I got my last phone of a friend when her contract ran out - reusing phones like this is fantastic.  However, when it went wrong there was no one I could get a hand me down off, so I had to bite the bullet and get a new one (mind you, it was the cheapest one on sale).  Now that old, broken phone of mine is sitting in a desk draw not doing anything.  I should really pull my act together and use a mobile phone recycling website such as envirophone, mazumamobile or fonebank who actually pay for old phones.

 If my phone was in full working order I could get £30 for it - as the screen’s gone I’d get a percentage less on that which would be decided by the recycling companies.  Even if that was only £3, that’s be a pint of beer I could enjoy this Friday without having to have had worked my socks off for it - or maybe I should treat the girl I got the phone off to a glass of wine…nah!

A few mobile phone shops even offer a discounted rate on new phones if you trade in your old one!  Now getting paid for your phone to be reused or recycled is a thousand times better than it going straight to landfill and great for your wallet (or purse…or piggy bank).  Recycling your mobile is a very good thing to do at the moment, as mobile phones have some rare and expensive metals in them so this increases the supply of them to help keep markets stable and the price lower.

 So come on folks! Don’t bin or leave those old phones lying around!  Recycle them or reused - and get some money in the process.