Phone Recycling and Phones for Cash

Phone recycling is one of the in things to do at the moment. Really the in thing is to sell your phones for cash, but the environmental benefits make you feel that little bit better. You can not watch a whole ad break these days without some advert for recycling your phone or sell mobile phones 4 cash. The 4 being the gimmick for online sales where companies could not buy a better domain name. Just look further down this page and you will see adverts. Adverts everywhere, so is it because they are good and useful or are they trying to take you for a ride.

Until recently everyone had a draw full of discarded mobile phones that are old relics replaced by upgrades or newer models. On average people only keep their phones for between one and two years before getting a replacement. It is illegal to throw these old handsets out so they just accumulate.

Even though it is illegal to dispose of mobile phones, many people will just throw them away as they have no use for them. The phones end up in landfill and the batteries and other toxic materials can leak into the ground. Every phone can either be re-used or recycled. Check with a company to see if they can earn you something in return. There are links on this page to Tesco's recycling service, go to their site and see what your phones worth. If its not worth anything, then scroll down to the bottom of this page for a scheme by the RSPB (bird charity) they will recycle any old phone and you will not only be helping the environment your will be helping the RSPB.

Over 100 million mobile phones are lying unused in Europe each year. It is illegal for these old mobile phones to be discarded in your normal household waste due to the toxic materials. An estimated 66 million old and unused mobile phones are in the UK alone and less than 10% of these actually get recycled.

It is great that new technologies keep appearing improving the mobile phones that we have available and reducing their price. More and more people now have the ability to buy mobile phones which means the amount of old phones increasing each year.

The majority of material that makes up a mobile phone is toxic material that is harmful to the environment and can cause long term damage. Selling your phone or recycling it will reduce this environmental impact.

Not many people realise how devastating the toxic effect of discarding phones can be. For example one battery leaking could contaminate up to 600,000 litres of water.

There are now many companies involved in recycling phones. Due to the huge demand of phones all of the materials that are used to create the phones have gone up in value. Indium prices for example have shot through the roof as its required for all touch screens but isn't really mined in huge quantities compared to other base materials. So it is cheaper to extract it from old phones and reuse it. The same with copper components.

For every mobile phone and inkjet cartridge sent to The Recycling Appeal, the RSPB will receive a cash donation. This money will help them to carry out vital conservation work across the UK, such as creating habitats for wildlife.

Celebrity endorsements of the RSPB Recycling Appeal (quotes taken from the official website of the appeal http://recyclingappeal.com/rspb/)

"TV presenter, writer and producer, Philippa Forrester has given her support to this campaign, 'This is a fantastic idea, and one that genuinely helps people to make a difference to tomorrow's world. It costs you nothing, helps raise funds for the RSPB and reduces the amount of waste going to landfill. What better way is there to dispose of old inkjet cartridges and mobile phones, and help our environment at the same time?'

Doug Christie, Licensing Manager for the RSPB says, 'It's really easy to join this scheme and help raise valuable funds for the RSPB. Just log on to the recycling appeal website and order your freepost envelopes. Once you have completed your contact details on the envelope, enclose your old inkjet cartridges and mobile phones and post to the RSPB recycling appeal.'

Lisa Carr, Marketing Executive for Redeem plc, the company administering the appeal on behalf of the RSPB, says, 'Not only does the environment benefit from recycling, but everyone who recycles with the RSPB Recycling Appeal will be entered into our prize draw, with the chance to win £100 of Jessops vouchers! So don't add to landfill waste - recycle - you'll be helping the environment in so many ways.'"

If you want to cash for your phone please use the Tesco recycling links feature above for the best return for your old mobiles. If however the phone is not worth anything or of little value or you just feel like being charitable, try the RSPB scheme through the banner below.