Archive for November 2011
Why Recycle Mobile Phones?
There are many reasons to recycle mobile phones. The most important of which is to protect the environment. Mobile phones are not only made using plastic that takes hundreds of years to decompose they are also contain metals which are dangerous for the environment. Even modern mobile phones contain lead, copper and chromium all of which are dangerous once they leech into the soil and end up in the water table.
How to Recycle Mobile Phones
There are several ways to recycle mobile phones. The best way is to give it to someone else who can get more use out of it. If you are short of cash you can sell it to someone else rather than just give it to them. People buy 2nd hand phones from newspaper ads, eBay and Craigslist all the time.
However, the easiest way to recycle mobile phones is to sell them on to specialist mobile phone recycling firms. Most of these firms have their own website where you simply type in the make and model of your phone. You get back a price for that phone and if you are happy with that price send your phone to them in a pre-paid envelope.