| If you have an old mobile phone and you want to sell it, | | | | or in the Kongo where we mine for the metals needed |
| there are a number of option for you if you take the | | | | to make mobiles. |
| online route. Firstly there is the option of selling it on | | | | So mobile phones are precious to mobile phone |
| eBay or a simiar auction site but not everyone has an | | | | recycling sites even if they are broken, that is why |
| eBay account and setting one up isn't that straight | | | | they will still pay you for broken mobile phones. And |
| forward. There's also the fees to take into | | | | some mobile phone recycling sites will still even pay up |
| consideration when selling it this way as well such as | | | | to 80% the working price for a broken mobile. |
| listing, Paypal and sending fees that can eat into the | | | | Mobile phones need to be recycled because if they |
| money you actually make for selling it. | | | | are not and are just thrown away they end up in |
| The other option to sell an old mobile phone is to | | | | landfill sites and because mobiles contain materials that |
| maybe see if a 2nd hand pawn shop will take it but | | | | can damage the environment such as Lithium, |
| the chances are you will be offered a very small | | | | Cadmium, Nickel, and Hydrate metals which are used |
| amount and you could also sell it to a needy friend or | | | | in batteries. Although landfill sites are scientifically |
| family member but the chances are slim because | | | | treated to contain such hazardous and toxix materials |
| everyone probably already has a mobile or have loss | | | | from escaping the environment protection agency in |
| insurance on their current mobile. | | | | USA estimates that 200 tons of Cadmium and 2.6 |
| So what do you do with that old mobile? You could | | | | million tonnes of Lead is entering the waste stream |
| keep it sitting in a dusty drawer for a long time but the | | | | annually. |
| longer you keep it the less it's going to be worth. You | | | | So more needs to be done to recycle old mobile |
| can't throw it away. It's actually illegal to throw old | | | | phones and that is why Environmentalist, Technocrats, |
| mobile phones away. So what's the best thing to do | | | | and Governmental organisations have stretched out |
| with it? | | | | together and worked on a cause for evaluating the |
| | | | areas of carbon emissions and ways to curb such |
| You may or may not know already but there is a | | | | emissions from mobile phones. |
| massive mobile phone recycling initiative happening | | | | And you can use any one of the mobile phone |
| now and there are many mobile phone recycling sites | | | | recycling sites to sell and recycle your old mobile for |
| you can use to sell and recycle your old mobile phone | | | | cash. There are many around. Just do a Google for |
| to for cash. These types of mobile phone recycling | | | | mobile phone recycling or use a reputable company |
| services and their websites are free to use and have | | | | that you know of already. You can see a list of mobile |
| been set up to handle the recycling of mobile phones. | | | | phone recycling sites on the Sellyourmobile.info site |
| They will pay you real cash for your old mobile phone. | | | | which is like a directory of reputable mobile phone |
| Even broken mobiles can still be sold for cash to a | | | | recycling sites you can use. Along with Reviews, How |
| mobile phone recycling site. | | | | to guides and comparisons of each highlighting the |
| Mobile phones contain precious metals such as Gold, | | | | features and benefits of each so you can choose |
| Silver, Platinum, Copper and more that can be | | | | which one is right for you and so you can get the |
| extracted from mobiles using a recycling and | | | | most money for your old mobile! |
| extracting process. These metals are extracted from | | | | Never throw mobile phones away! It's illegal. |
| the mobiles saving mobile phone companies money in | | | | Sell and Recycle mobiles using a mobile recycling site. |
| not having to mine for more metals which can have a | | | | View the reviews on mobile recycling sites first before |
| seriously damaging effect some the fragile ecological | | | | using one. |
| systems in the world such as the Amazon rain forest | | | | |