Ahh the mobile phone. An item that has become more of a necessity than a luxury item for many. But still adorned as so. And people will spend a lot of money to have the latest and greatest mobile phone with the most sophisticated features. But at what cost?
The mobile phone market continues to grow as we populate the world at an also steadily increasing rate, mobile phones become more and more mainstream. It’s said that around 80% of the worlds population owns a mobile phone. That means more and more old mobiles going discarded and ending up in landfill sites where they are destroying the environment at an alarming rate while everyone is oblivious while playing with their latest mobile.
Sell Your Mobile Phone For Cash
It’s reported that of the 90 million mobiles in circulation in the UK, only around 10% of them are actually being recycled. 10%! That’s quite shocking when you think of how long mobile phone recycling has been happening now. When you consider the damage they can cause to the planet. You’d think more would be recycled because of the awareness that has been raised on the matter. But there is a long way to go still.
True, figures do show a rise in mobile phone recycling. In people actually recycling old mobile phones now. It’s thought because of the awareness raised either on TV or online etc. And a genuine willingness to recycle for the environment. That and the current economic state that people will turn to ways to raise some quick money. Selling mobile phones for cash being a perfect way that one can go about doing so.
Yet there is much more to mobile phone recycling than meets the eye. Like any industry there are always good and bad. “Mis-haps” happen and unexplained goings on. I recently came across an interesting comment left on someones mobile recycling review blog that goes on to say..
“I really wouldn’t advise using some mobile phone recycling companies. I recently decided to leave my job working for one of these companies for moral reasons. Many of the quotes given are never paid out. Customers are often told that their phones are broken when they are in full working order and are worth more than is ever paid out. Some of these companies even rip charities off, saying that the funds go to a charity, when usually the charity gets the pence and the recycling company gets the £100′s of pounds. Many of these companies employees are also given the chance to earn high commission, so the more the general public/ charities are ripped off, the more likely the employee is to hit their target and get a massive bonus. I would recommend not using some of these companies, even though they work well in environmental terms, they would rather pocket your cash for themselves.”
Whether or not this is a true account by an ex employee of one of these sites I don’t know. I can see it happening though. And like I said, while this may be going on unseen on the other side of things. They do work well in environmental terms and the long run will be a better, greener future for all of us. Despite these things going on it’s bad advice to suggest never to use a mobile phone recycler. If no one did we’d have even bigger problems!
But don’t let it put you off recycling your mobile! Many millions of people have done so successfully and sold old mobile phones for cash. You can rest assured that the top mobile phone recycling sites want to keep you happy. They know in the next 12 to 18 months you’ll be back! Wanting to sell your mobile phone for cash again.
