Discount the Price Of Your New Mobile Phone And Go Green Too! - By: Felicity Lightbody

Did you know that that if you throw away your mobile phone, it may emit toxic chemicals and harmful radiation into the environment? Discarded mobile phones may emit cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead or polyvinyl chloride and according to the Environmental Protection Agency, mobile phones are one of the fastest growing types of waste clogging American landfills. Just like other unusable or out-of-date electronics, such as computers, cameras and gaming systems, our phones should also be recycled. Recycling your old handset will not only help to save the environment, but may also earn you a few pounds towards the purchase of your new phone.

There are many recyclers of used phones, as well as other electronics, both online and in retail locations, who are willing to pay you for your e-waste. Online recyclers typically will pay to ship your phone to their facility and may even provide a box. If your handset is still in working condition, it may be refurbished and resold, donated to a worthy cause, or reusable parts may be harvested from it. Many websites also offer to donate the proceeds of your recycled e-waste to a non-profit or charitable organisation of your choice. Some non-profits will directly recycle your used phones. Regardless of how you choose to use your recycling cash, you come out ahead by potentially helping to save the environment, while putting a little green in your own pocket! The water and food supply chain you save probably will be your own!

Recycling your old phone to help pay for a new one, also contributes to environmental causes by providing an upgrade that may be more efficient of both your energy and the energy consumed by your new device.

Many Brits upgrade their mobile phone every year and the small size of a mobile phone makes it easy for two-thirds of us to bin one at least once a year. Most phone web sites will pay an average of about £10 for a retired mobile phone. Recycling your old phone is an easy and profitable way to "go green". It is imperative in our environmentally conscious society that we all take a few minutes, when upgrading our mobile phones, to find a convenient recycling option and put our old mobile phone to good use.

About the Author

Felicity is a intermittent author, writing occassional columns in the UK on telecommunications and mobile devices. See how much you could save when you compare phone recyclers, as well as comparing the price on all the phone recycling companies like Envirofone at recyclemobilephones.co.uk For more information on this, please visit recyclemobilephones.co.uk Blog.

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