| It’s estimated that in the United Kingdom alone over | | | | and you will receive a cash payment in return for your |
| 40% of adults receive an electronic product for | | | | old products. |
| Christmas or Birthday presents this will include MP3 | | | | Simply search online for a mobile recycling site that will |
| players, digital cameras, games consoles and mobile | | | | accept other electronic devices, type in the model |
| phones. This leaves millions of old and unwanted | | | | number of the device you want to sell and you will be |
| goods sat in people’s homes collecting dust. | | | | quoted a price. If you are happy with the price then |
| Many old digital cameras and other electronics will be | | | | proceed through the registration process and you will |
| thrown in the bin where they will eventually end up at | | | | be provided with a freepost address in which to return |
| landfill and as they are almost completely | | | | your items in. Once received they will be checked over |
| un-biodegradable they will sit in the soil for hundreds of | | | | by a technician and you will receive cash or shopping |
| years. Harmful chemicals from cameras may leak into | | | | vouchers within 7 days. |
| the soil causing problems to the environment and may | | | | Other electronic devices such as TVs, DVD players, |
| even end up in our own water supplies. Camera | | | | VHS players, home appliances and lots more can be |
| batteries also contain many hazardous chemicals and | | | | taken for recycling down at your local government |
| these should also be disposed of correctly. | | | | recycling centre. |
| In order to help save the environment and dispose of | | | | It’s easy with all the recycling sites available to |
| old cameras and their batteries, iPods and other | | | | recycle old iPods, games consoles, digital cameras and |
| electronic devices correctly, many mobile recycling | | | | mobile phones online and do your bit for the |
| companies in the UK are now offering recycling | | | | environment whilst getting some extra money in your |
| services for other electronic goods. If you have ever | | | | pocket so there are no excuses why we should all not |
| recycled a mobile phone online the process is identical | | | | be doing so. |