| It's estimated that there are currently 50,000,000 mobile | | | | There are now many mobile phone recycling |
| phone subscribers and approximately 2 phones for | | | | companies online that you can send your old phone to. |
| every person in the UK. | | | | You may have seen some of the bigger ones |
| With the networks & phone companies pushing the | | | | advertising recently on TV, but there are actually many |
| average customer to upgrade at every contract | | | | more than that. However, they will offer you different |
| renewal (between 18 & 24 months), around 20,000,000 | | | | prices for each handset, some only pay in vouchers, |
| phones are upgraded every 18 months in the UK | | | | others may not take your model of phone at all etc. |
| alone! Yet only 20% are ever re-used or recycled, | | | | Once again, lots of competition in the marketplace is |
| which means that close to 100,000,000 phones are | | | | just making things confusing for the consumer! So how |
| gathering dust in peoples homes, or ending up in landfill | | | | do you decide WHO to send your phone to? Which |
| sites! | | | | company will give you the BEST PRICE to sell your old |
| Environmentally this is a potential disaster, as the | | | | mobile? |
| handsets contain lots of dangerous substances which | | | | Luckily, alongside the recycling companies, there are |
| need to be disposed of in a safe way, including | | | | also mobile phone recycling comparison sites! So you |
| cadmium, lead, flame retardants and beryllium. Dumping | | | | can compare the amount offered for YOUR phone, |
| these chemicals in landfill sites, could cause health | | | | by the top mobile recycling sites, at one easy to use |
| problems further down the line, but there are many | | | | location! To get the best deal and most money for |
| ways in which mobile phones can be recycled safely | | | | your old mobile, you simply enter the make & model of |
| and efficiently. Recycling your old mobile phone can | | | | your phone & the prices offered by each company |
| even earn you money rather than letting it collect dust, | | | | are displayed side by side. You then "click through" to |
| ruin the environment and even possibly cause illness. | | | | the one that offers you the most & follow their |
| So, now you know you can earn cash for it, why | | | | instructions to get your cash. |
| wouldn't you recycle your old handset?! Alternatively, | | | | Generally, your phone needs to be in decent working |
| you could donate your old mobile to charity, so that | | | | condition, have no more than mild cosmetic damage, |
| they can claim the money for recycling it instead! | | | | the original battery and be able to be switched on. |