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Go onto their websites & they will tell you – don’t be fooled by the word ‘recycle’, it means they will sell the phones on Ebay for 2 to 3 the price they pay you. if you want a good price sell them yourself.

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People are actually starting to enjoy recycling. Mobile phone recycling in particular. Where people can recycle and get cash for doing so at the same time. And it’s not just mobile phones that can be recycled for cash as you’ll see.

Because of the rise in mobile phone recycling and the sites and services around mobile phone recycling there are sites you can use to sell and recycle mobile phones to for cash and there are sites you can go to and find out about these types of mobile phone recycling sites. Comparison and review sites that list, review and compare mobile phone recycling sites so you can make the best decision on which one to use for you along with getting the most money for your mobile.

As if you didn’t know already but mobile phone recycling sites are all the rage as far as anyone that uses a mobile phone goes. Mobile phone recycling has blew up in the UK as more and more awareness around mobile phone recycling is raised. And that people can actually recycle their old mobile phones for cash. So people all over the country, the young and old alike are digging out and dusting off their old mobiles and selling and recycling them for cash to one of the top mobile phone recycling sites for cash. Not to mention Gift Cards and other payment methods available that these recyclers have adopted as a payment method and paid many people for their old unwanted or even broken mobile phones.

Never before has this been possible. If you wanted to sale a used mobile your safest bet was an auction site such as eBay. But that would mainly be for good condition working mobiles. And although you may get a slightly higher price than selling it to a pawn shop or friend etc would get you, you have to pay listing and postage fees etc. And it doesn’t guarantee a sale. And you can also list mobiles for sale on free ad sites but it’s risky. Unlike selling your old mobile phone to a mobile phone recycling site is.

Mobile phone recycling sites make it safe and easy for members of the public to sell and recycle their old mobile phones for cash. You can simply send it into them after registering on their site and you will get a payment sent to you once your phone has been received and checked. And many people all over the world are doing this on a daily basis. Some only recycle the occasional phone, some more than others. But some people gather a lot of old mobiles from places and recycle them for cash making a lot of money out of it. And you can too. You can raise money for Christmas recycling mobile phones and other electrical types of things.

Raising money recycling

You can raise money recycling mobile phones and other types of things. There are recycling sites online you can use to send in your old things for cash. Some of the things you can recycle for cash are. Mobiles, iPhones, iPods, MP3 Players, Digital Cameras, Sat Nav’s. Games and Games Consoles. DVDs and Cd’s. Recycle Games for Cash. Sell Cameras and Sat Nav’s for cash. Recycle Music and Movies for Cash. All these types of things can be sold and recycle for cash. There are recycling websites that will allow you to do this with them. And again, there are many thousands of people all over the world doing this on a daily basis. Either making the odd bit of cash here and there, then and again. Or on a much larger scale recycling many things for cash and making a lot of money.

They say it’s expected there to be at least 2 mobile phones in every household. There are around 80 Billion mobile phones in circulation in the UK either used or not used. And only around 10% of them are actually recycled. And they say every household has at least £200 pounds worth of old Games, Films, Music or electronics they don’t use anymore they could safely recycle for cash before they are either broken or completely worth nothing. So recycling these things is good for in that you’ll get cash for the old things you don’t use or want anymore but the actual effects are greater.

Helping the Environment by recycling

Not only can recycling sites make money from buying peoples goods from them and reselling them on but these recycling sites are set up under governmental regulation that have to follow strict WEEE incentives and instructions to help recycle more things and reduce landfill waste as mobiles and electronics contain harmful and hazardous materials that can damage and contaminate the environment if they are not safely recycled properly. Also mobiles and electronics contain precious metals such as Gold, Silver, Copper and more. All of which can be extracted from them and used again which helps lessen mining for these metals in other countries where we are damaging delicate ecological systems.

So recycling helps all around as you can see. Not just at home. But it’s something you should consider. Think right now, how many things can you see around you that you could recycle? There has to be things you could sell and recycle and make cash with in your home that you could easily live without. Do yourself, other people and the environment a favour. Sell and recycle them for cash.

The Cash for Mobiles Site lists the various mobile phone recycling sites and sites you can use to recycle many things to for cash. You can compare the prices that mobile phone recycling sites offer and choose your make and model of mobile phone and compare the prices that each mobile phone recycling site offers. You can see the different things that can be recycled for cash. http://www.cashformobiles.info/

In a recent worldwide survey, conducted by Nokia in accordance with the global consumer survey, it is found that only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones. The survey was conducted in 13 countries including Finland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, UK, UAE, US, Nigeria, India, China, Indonesia and Brazil, and 6500 people were interviewed. The survey was conducted to help Nokia find out more about consumers’ attitudes and behaviors towards recycling.

Unawareness: The prime concern

Nearly half the people are even not aware of the fact that their mobile could be recycled. Two-third of the interviewers said they did not know how to recycle an unwanted device while 71% were unaware of where to do this. If each of the 3 billion mobile owners brought back just one unused device, even a mobile phone battery charger, 240 000 tonnes of raw materials can be saved and it will help reduce the greenhouse gases to the same effect as taking 4 million cars off the road.

The survey highlighted that on an average, each person own five mobile phones. 4% of these are being thrown into landfill and 44%, are simply being kept at homes never used. Some mobile phones are given another life, one-fourth are passed to friends or family, and 16% are sold in emerging markets.

74% of consumers don’t think about recycling their phones, whereas 72%, think recycling makes a difference to the environment. The result was uniformly found in different countries with 88% of people in Indonesia not considering recycling unwanted devices, 84% in India, and 78% of people in Brazil, Sweden, Germany and Finland.

Helping the environment

80% of any Nokia device is recyclable. The precious materials within these devices can be reused to help make new products such as park benches, kitchen utensils, metal musical instruments or dental fillings. According to Markus Terho, the director of environmental affairs at Nokia, “Using the best recycling technology nothing is wasted. Between 65 – 80% of a Nokia device can be recycled. Plastics that can’t be recycled are burnt to provide energy for the recycling process, and other materials are ground up into chips and used as construction materials or for building roads. In this way nothing has to go to landfill.”

Nokia has collection points for unwanted mobile devices in 85 countries around the world. People can drop off their old devices at Nokia stores and 5,000 Nokia Care Centers. To find their nearest take-back point, people can visit www.nokia.com/werecycle.

Technology is constantly evolving, especially in the realm of cellar devices. You canâ??t turn on your TV without being bombarded by the newest, fastest, sleekest cell phone model. Each one comes with more capabilities and bells and whistles. So the time comes in every cell phoneâ??s life to say goodbye. Change is good, but what happens to your old friend? Does it end up in a junk drawer? In an old box somewhere? If youâ??re like millions of Americans, it ends up in the trashâ?¦.and this can be a serious problem. Recycling cell phones is an easy process which has many benefits. Below are 5 reasons why recycling your cell should be a priority.

Cell Phones Contain Toxic Materials

That sweet gun metal finish, back lit LCD screen, and QWERTY keypad come at a price, and that price is toxic materials. Most all cell phones these days contain lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. Yeah, arsenic. When you toss it in the trash, it ends up in an incinerator or landfill, where those materials can combust causing some major environmental issues. These materials often times sweep into the soil or drinking water which ends up affecting a lot more than just the landfill they get dumped in. Many of these materials like cadmium and lead are known to cause liver and lung cancer in humans. With the average shelf life of a cell phone peaking out at 18 months, itâ??s easy to see how these little devices can result in a much larger problem.

All Those Phones Add Up!

When was the last time you met someone without a cell phone? Nowadays kids take notes via text message and surf myspace on their iPhones. Just about everyone has a cell, and they all want the newer, better version coming out next year. If the average cell phone user is only holding on to a phone for 18 months, that creates a LOT of waste. The EPA predicts that more than 150 MILLION cell phones are thrown away each year. Thatâ??s 75,000 tons of toxic material waste every single year. There is no sign of those numbers slowing or decreasing in the future. By recycling your phone, you are helping to cut down on this growing problem.

Just Because Itâ??s Not New, Doesnâ??t Mean It Canâ??t Work

Wait, youâ??re telling me that my phone only has a 7 mega pixel camera, but this super new phone has a 16 mega pixel camera?? Iâ??m ready to upgrade. But that doesnâ??t mean that Mr. 7 mega pixel no longer works. In fact 80% of the 150 million cells that are thrown out each year are in perfect, or close to perfect working order. When you recycle your phone, it is thoroughly inspected for its quality and whenever possible, it is refurbished and resold. But how does this benefit you? Youâ??ve moved on to higher quality pictures and unlimited texts. By recycling your phone, youâ??ve helped keep production costs down, and in turn it keeps product costs down as well. Thatâ??ll come in handy next time you upgrade.

Even If Your Phone Is Dead, It Can Still Be Recycled

You spilled coffee on your phone, your dog chewed it up, and the screen is dead? It can still be recycled even if it canâ??t be reused. Many times broken phones still have many working parts which are reused in the production of new phones. Even in the event your old faithful phone is truly dead, all the metals and materials used to make it can be broken down and reused to make new cell phones. By recirculating the materials, it can significantly cut back on the need for new metal mining. All this is done in a completely environmentally safe process.

Recycle and Get Involved

November 15th is â??America Recycles Dayâ?. This national holiday is in its 11th year and going stronger than ever. Through the countless efforts of many local and national recycling and environmental facilities millions of Americans will learn what they can do to help. According to the EPA, if only 1 million cell phones were recycled, they could produce enough energy to power 1,940 homes with electricity for a full year! If 150 million phones got recycled thatâ??d mean electricity for 291,000 homes. What better way to be a part of ARD than by starting off with recycling your old cell phone.

If youâ??d like more information on cell phone recycling, or if youâ??d like to find out what you can do to help, contact GRC Recycling, http://www.grcrecycling.com/

Recycle cell phones? Absolutely!

Did you know that you can actually recycle your old or used cell phones? If you’re like most people, you probably have an old cell phone or two hidden in a drawer somewhere. In a few months or years, you’ll rediscover these hidden phones and having no further use to you, these old units will most likely end up in your garbage bin and thence, in your city’s landfill.

But there’s a better, more environmentally-responsible, even more profitable way to dispose of your old cell phones. Cell phone recycling is the answer.

There may be around 700 million used or old cell phones in America today, with approximately 125 million discarded cell phones added every year. According to a study done by a market intelligence firm iSuppli Corporation in 2007, 36.8 percent stored their cell phones in their drawers, 10.2 percent threw their cell phones away or declared these as lost or stolen, and only 9.4 percent recycled their used or old cell phones. In actual numbers, that’s 10 million cell phones rotting away in our country’s landfills and 37 million cell phones gathering dust in the drawers of America – and that’s from 2007 alone!

Why should you recycle your cell phones?

Like other electronic wastes, cell phones in their circuit boards and batteries, contain such harmful heavy metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium. Dangerous chemicals like brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are also found in the plastic casing of most cell phones. According to Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine, author and leading authority in biomedical sciences, lead has been found to cause development problems in children and diminishes brain functions even in adults. Cadmium exposure can lead to “liver and irreversible kidney problems (often fatal), respiratory and bone density problems. Compounds containing cadmium are also carcinogenic.”

Most of our landfills today are scientifically designed to contain chemicals leaking from the solid waste, but will you gamble the health of your children and your’s on the chance that cell phones and other electronic wastes we so carelessly throw to our landfills will not leach chemicals into our underground water systems? The likelihood of these dangerous and deadly chemicals seeping into our water systems is just too high. By dumping cell phones and other electronic wastes in our landfills, we are practically poisoning ourselves.

Is there money in cell phone recycling?

Yes. As a matter of fact, cell phone recycling can be quite lucrative. You can make money by selling your used or old cell phones to recycling and refurbishing companies like Pacebutler Corporation in Edmond, OK who will pay as much as $50 for each cell phone you turn in and will even pay for the shipping of packages containing at least 4 cell phones. The refurbishing company then turns around, and refurbishes these cell phones to be marketed to wholesale buyers abroad, bringing communication capability to people from developing countries in South America and other areas.

On a much larger scale, recycling companies like Umicore in Belgium, who process unserviceable cell phones and e-waste, are able to extract such precious metals and other materials from cell phones like gold, silver, platinum, copper, coltan, plastic and glass, etc. from these. Did you know that there’s more gold found in one metric ton of cell phone and other electronic waste than 17 tons of gold ore excavated and refined through the traditional mining process? The good news is, after the entire recycling process is over, less than half of 1% of the entire electronic waste processed, is deemed unfit to be returned to the production cycle and is then just burned for energy generation.

The precious metals present in each cell phone are basically just trace amounts, so it’s impractical and patently dangerous (because of the industrial chemicals necessary) for you to try and extract these minerals from your cell phone at home. It may seem like a joke, but it was in the news last month – a man who fancied himself as an “urban miner” got poisoned by the industrial chemicals he was using, while “mining” cell phones. The giant recycling firms make money by processing tons and tons of cell phones and other electronic waste.

How do you recycle cell phones?

Give your old or used cell phones to friends or family. Perhaps the most practical and easiest way to recycle cell phones is by extending the life cycle of old phones by giving these away to a friend or a family member. Most of the cell phones we hide or throw away in exchange for a newer model or after we switched to a different provider are still perfectly usable. You can give it to a friend or a younger sister, and you’re sure that cell phone will have a year or two more of use before getting permanently retired. But then again, if you go by this route, you’re merely extending the life cycle of your old phones. You can put in a word for the environment by asking the person you’re giving your phone to, to recycle it properly when the time comes.

Recycle cell phones through the manufacturer or service provider. Did you know that you can actually return your old cell phones to the manufacturer? The leading US manufacturers and service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have cell phone take-back programs, complete with free shipping and/or discounts in subsequent purchases. These companies will ensure that the cell phones are recycled or refurbished in a responsible and environmentally-sound process. It’s a win-win solution, too. The companies win by having access to a steady stream of recycled materials for manufacturing of new items. You win by making sure the your old phones are recycled responsibly and by getting the discounts from your purchases.

Donate your cell phones to your favorite charity. Many charitable and non-profit organizations today are able to raise funds for their respective charities and projects by collecting used and old cell phones, and then selling them to recyclers and refurbishers. If you want to start such a project in your own city or neighborhood, you can network with other non-profit organizations and even ask for material support from the recycling companies. People, even kids, are doing it. If you live near a zoo, chances are you’ve seen cell phone collection boxes near the zoo entrance. The fact is, by raising funds for a worthy cause by collecting and reselling old cell phones, you are putting to good use something that would have been useless, even harmful if disposed improperly.

Recycle cell phones through recycling and refurbishing companies. Selling your old or used cell phones to companies like Pacebutler Corporation is a fast and convenient option. You can actually process everything online in a few minutes. All you need to do is access the company’s website, check for the actual buying prices of your cell phones’ model, and request for a shipping label. Once you have the pre-paid labels, you can box and send your old cell phones to the company. The turn-around time is very fast for these online transactions, too. Generally, the company sends you your check within 4 business days after receiving your cell phones.

To summarize, we have outlined here the paramount importance of recycling your old or used cell phones, in the light of potential impact on the environment and people’s health. There is still so much room for growth in our cell phone recycling efforts, as we’ve seen in the numbers above. But things are looking up, as more and more people become aware of the importance and the absolute necessity to recycle cell phones, we should be able to move forward in increasing the cell phone recycling rate nationwide.

Recycle your cell phones today. As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says, “it’s an easy call to make.”