There are many charities across the U.S. that accept donations of cell phones for recycling. In some cases, the phones will be refurbished and distributed to soldiers or other people in need. A good place to start is by calling the charities in your vicinity to see if they accept this type of donation.
CellForCash offers you money to recycle your old cellphone(s). Also another good company meant that does well with recycling is RecycleMyCellPhone Or if you're feeling generous try CellPhonesForSoldiers
There are organizations that recycle old mobile phones to help a charity. Just donate your unused phones for recycling, it's just like hitting 2 birds with one stone. You helped the environment and the charity as well. :)
Most cell phone stores will gladly accept your phones for donation. However, some charities will also accept these, you should ask your favorite charity organization! It will help them out, and you'll still be recycling your phone!
Recycling your old cell phones is your best bet. Also, Goodwill and Salvation Army accept them as well (sometimes even give you a tax slip for them, if the phones new enough).
Phone recycling companies
Sims recycling offers free recycling for anyone in the US.
Some of the phones just get recycled, some get refurbished and resold.
yeh..because some phones are even made up of plastic
Could have radation poisoning
Recycling of mobile phones is just like recycling any other recyclable wastes. It is important because the mobile phone contains a lot of metals, plastics and other materials (flame retardants, ceramics) which the planet desperately needs us to recycle.
Yes! There are many different organizations around the world that pay you to recycle your old or unused cell phones. Recycling used cell phones is much better on the enviorement then sending them into landfills.
Instead of throwing old cell phones away, recycle them instead. There are hundreds of recycling companies. Most will offer a small tangible or monetary reward for doing so. Recycling these devices with harmful components keeps the earth cleaner and can also be written off on a tax sheet as a donation. Another way to get a tax write off for them is to donate the phones to a company that refurbishes them for soldiers overseas. While these companies don't pay people for their phone donation, a letter of acknowledgement is often sent, allowing them the opportunity to add it to their charitable donations.
Well, Nextel was done away with and fully folded into Sprint, although I believe Boost Mobile is still in operation. There are places which accept cell phones for recycling.. cell phone repair companies, Whole Foods does it, etc. That's about all you really can do with them.
By selling it to mobile phone recycling companies.