Do an honourable thing and donate your old phone to a charity - By: Felicity Lightbody

If you want to do an honourable thing and donate your old phone to a charity there are a few ways to go about it. One of which is to recycle mobile phone products to a company that pays you money for them and then donate said money to charity. But, keep in mind an alternative to that is to donate your phone to another worthy cause. There are some companies, for example, that take mobile phone donations for battered women.

Why would anyone want an old mobile phone?

Many old phones allow emergency calls to be made from them, which can help out anyone in need of calling police that does not have a phone. Of course these phones have to be fully working, and only contemporary phones have these capabilities. If your phone is not working, such as if it is unable to hold a charge, has a damaged battery or doesn't function reasonably the former option of donating it to a place that can recycle mobile phone devices is the way to go.

Recycling your mobile device can get you some much needed cash

Even if your intentions are not to benefit others, yes you can still get cash for your old mobile phone device. You can do this quite easily online, though there are some places that allow you to do it in person they are few and far between. Doing this online is the best way because you can typically see how much they will give you for a device prior to just giving it away. In some cases it is even possible to get a prepaid envelope in order to save yourself the cost of shipping your old phone to a recycling company.

Granted if do an honourable thing and donate your old phone to a charity you will likely get the best result. If you need the money that is one thing, but if you don't really need the money, but refuse to help out someone who may be in need, via a reputable charity, then you're not doing the most honourable thing. If you do decide to donate money to a charity you should make sure they are a reputable one by getting all of their information and verifying their information before they get a hold of any of your information, especially something like a check or checking account number of yours.

About the Author

Felicity is a freelance columnist, writing occassional overviews in the UK on telecommunications and mobile devices. See how much you could save when you recycle mobile phone, as well as comparing the price on all the phone recycling companies like FoneBank at recyclemobilephones.co.uk For more information on how phone recycling works and common questions asked, please visit our site

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