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7
Dec 11

Clean up Your Mobile Phone Prior to Getting it Recycled

Please do not forget to remove any personal data before sending your mobile phone for recycling.

Mobile phones are normally loaded with extensive data and consist of critical information such as addresses, contact details etc. of our family and friends. We often leave other important data like text messages, email records, pin numbers etc. in our mobile phones. Unfortunately, a large number of UK residents do not remove all such data from their mobile phones before turning them in for recycling. If these phones land up in wrong hands, they can be used for illegal purposes. The contacts on your discarded mobile phone might receive calls from someone acting as you and get cheated. You could be in a bigger loss in case your phone has your bank and credit card details,

All individuals having a mobile phone must be warned before turning in their mobile phones for recycling. If they are unaware about the process of wiping off their data they must make it a point to speak to mobile phone providers about it and acquaint themselves with it. Merely deleting data from the old mobile phone doesn’t mean everything has been removed from the SIM card. Mobile phones that have a removable SIM card must be gotten rid of it before recycling. The SIM card must then be destroyed comprehensively so that no data on it can be stolen thereafter.

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30
Nov 11

Help People in Need with Cell Phone Recycling

I am happy to see that people all around the world are contributing right now towards helping numerous charities.

The Middle East decided to save turtles, while the USA had its unique version of donations to charities using mobile phone recycling. Australians too will soon be helping people in need.

Oxfam Australia has decided to use MobileMuster in order to donate close to 2000 chickens for the holiday season. Each time two cell phones are recycled through Oxfam Unwrapped charity, people will be donating chickens. In Australia, more than 19 million old and broken mobile phones are available which can be recycled. Australia Oxfam is now hoping people will begin to notice, since it is for a good social cause.

You may not be staying in Australia, but you still can find ways to use cell phone recycling in your favour and help any of your chosen charities. From the proceeds received from cell phone recycling, you could make your own donation and certainly help. There is no dearth of families needing help during the holidays.

The proceeds obtained from cell phone recycling can be used to donate food or offered to charities which work towards saving animals and even helping sick people. Irrespective of which time it is of the year, there always exist charities which require help and financial assistance. What better time however to do it than now, when the upcoming holidays are on your and my mind too?

Clean Your Phone Completely before Recycling

For us as well as criminals, recycling of mobile phones is extremely lucrative.

I find it extremely disturbing that we have to cautious of criminals in order to protect our phones, wallets and even electronic devices while carrying them around. Dealing with criminals is very unfortunate indeed. Do not consider it as a surprise when you receive a warning reminding you to wipe your mobile phone clean before sending it for recycling.

It is worth noting that before sending any used mobile phone to a recycling centre, all the saved data on it including notes and contact numbers must be removed from the mobile phone. Even the SIM card, if present in the phone, must be removed, as it contains all the data that can be used by a criminal. Since all the mobile phones do not have a removable SIM card, it is even more important in such cases to wipe clean all data from them before they are turned in for recycling.

If you think that by selling the cell phone to any reputable recycling company you can prevent it from falling into wrong hands, then you are greatly mistaken. Companies these days take extra step by adding a new SIM card and refurbishing the old phones, basically to ensure that no data remains on the phone before it is resold. On an average, about 75 million phones are either upgraded or replaced within a year in the UK. So do not take a chance and delete all your data from the phone before recycling it.

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16
Nov 11

Recycling Earns Special Perks for Mobile Phones

The entire world is catching up with mobile phone recycling and so should you.

An old saying in the form of a question is, “Would you take that jump off the bridge only because your friend did it as well?” Although the answer to this question would most often be a NO, however, you might want to go with a YES in the context of this article. As reported by an Australian news channel recently, mobile recycling is very beneficial regardless of your identity or place of residence. You might be living in the United Kingdom, but it is worthwhile to note that Australia despite having more unpopulated areas in comparison to UK, has around 345 million battery purchases happening every year, with around 1.8 million of those being car batteries. This implies that a great number of these batteries are meant for mobile phones.

Any type of battery including the one meant for mobile phone is dangerous for our environment. If these batteries are not disposed off properly, they can contaminate the earth with their toxic chemicals and thereby causing harm to our health directly as well as indirectly. As there are billions of mobile phone users throughout the world, improper disposal of mobile phone batteries can contribute significantly to the destruction of earth in the long run.

Recycling of mobile phones is highly beneficial as it is environment friendly and can also earn the user some handsome incentive. The return on each mobile phone differs from model to model and the condition of the old mobile phone.

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10
Nov 11

Mobile Phone Recycling: Donation

Companies are making maximum effort to entice as many people and encourage them to recycle their mobile phones.

Even a company from North America recently announced a promotion for recycling of old mobile phones, wherein the American Diabetes charity or the JDFR will receive a donation. Every phone that is recycled between 14th November and 23rd November will help in earning a donation to American Diabetes charity. For those who do not know about this organization, it is a charity on Juvenile Diabetes which aims at making many people aware of what could cause the disease along with the remedies for managing it.

Such a move by the American company only goes to show that many companies these days are showing great interest in helping ensure that maximum mobile phones undergo recycling so that the environment can be protected and others are helped too. Though the promotion and charity are being carried out in the USA, even the UK citizens will be offered various opportunities to give back to the community through options of mobile phone recycling. Mainly, turning in any old mobile phone will mean that it does not end up in dumps and landfills, effectively ensuring that someone who might need it gets to use it.

Cell phones undoubtedly are extremely important for various reasons to different people. Children may use it in emergencies to contact their parents. Even the parents can get in touch with their children should a need arise. Affordable and even recycled mobile phones can make a lot of a difference to families which cannot afford new cell phones.

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2
Nov 11

Which are the Most Traded-in Mobile Phones?

The recent iPhone 4S launch has somewhat prompted a large number of people to opt for phone recycling.

Servers all over the world have been inundated with queries related to mobile phone recycling and the latest iPhone 4S. What is even more interesting is that these queries are coming from places where the maximum number of Android and Blackberry phones are getting recycled in exchange of new Apple iPhone 4S.

A jump of around 72% was witnessed in the amount of old mobiles being traded in. Such trade-ins are about getting an old mobile phone recycled in exchange of a small discount towards the purchase of new iPhone. As Apple had predicted, the public response to the new iPhone 4S has been nothing short of phenomenal. People across all mobile phone brands are hoping that this will trigger a trend of mobile phone recycling towards the purchase of newer models by the general public.

As the majority of mobile phones that are being traded in for the new iPhone are Androids and BlackBerrys, it reasserts the popularity of iPhone in comparison to other models. Experts call this phenomenon, the ‘iPhone Effect’ that happens every time a new iPhone is launched in the marketplace.

Although millions of old phones are turned in for the latest models, there are still many millions of people who can’t do this too. These people opt to shop for older models of popular smart phones like Apple iPhone in order to buy a better phone than their current one. On the whole, it is a win-win situation for all.

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12
Oct 11

Turn in Your Old Mobile Phone for Recycling and Save on Your New Phone

You can easily save money on your purchase of a new mobile phone by getting your old mobile recycled.

Are you having problems making ends meet, but still want to obtain that fresh contract for a new mobile phone? If you are, you can generate enough cash by selling your old mobile phone. Several people have one or more old mobile phones lying around in their homes, apart from the one they currently use. A recycling company can pay you if you turn in those old mobiles. There are however certain limitations on this process depending on the age of the mobile phone. Any 2G model is immediately recycled and made into a brand new product. Some recycling companies will be hesitant in paying up for such old 2G phones as they might find it difficult to refurbish and sell it.

Any old phone capable of refurbishing and having a good resale value will easily get you some quick cash. The exact amount will depend on the type of mobile phone. SmartPhones normally make more money than older models such as Samsung Galaxy.

Additional features like camera resolution, screen type etc. will also determine the value of the old phone. Every year various new models are launched. So when your existing phone contract expires, you should find out the value of your old mobile phone(s) and recycle them for cash.

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28
Sep 11

Recycle Your Mobile Phone Before it is too Late

Every 18 months is when an average UK resident upgrades his mobile phone.

Considering the number of people in the UK as well as the fact that most of the residents upgrade their mobile phone every 18 months, it will be shocking to know the number of mobile phones lying around. Even worse, these old cell phones usually get thrown away in rubbish instead of in a recycling centre, implying that more toxic material gets into the earth through such means. We must stop this and for that, we can simply opt to recycle our mobile phones. Just as with any recycling plant, there lie a couple of choices – one can either resell the old phone or dispose it off properly.

So how does a disposal process work? The company breaks the old phone down in order to correctly dispose off the batteries as well as other toxic elements. Plastic and other such elements from the phone are sent to a recycling centre where the plastic is melted down and reformed into a new product. There do exist newer model cell phones which can still be reused, since someone may like to buy cheaper phones or simply to upgrade to a better phone.

Beyond a point, mobile phones lose their worth completely. Since their technology becomes outdated, they are not in a position to be resold. So apart from protecting the environment, recycling your old phone also gives you a chance to receive some cash.

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19
Aug 11

Recycling Old Mobile: Giving it a New Life

The UK is quite big on recycling, which is now a part of the country’s overall scheme in making the world a better and cleaner place to live in. Despite the information and the incentives involved, there exists a group of people which is not aware on what can be done with their old mobile phones once they are finished using them.

If you are among that group, I wish to pass on a simple message regarding recycling of mobile phones.

The process of recycling is very simple – one only needs to know the model and the make of the mobile as well as its IMEI number. With just the model and make, finding a recycler too is simple, as sellyourmobile.info puts up a list of cell phone recyclers and arranges them in the order of best deal available for your specific phone. You can then just click on the button which will take you to the selected recycler’s site. All the information explaining the process of selling old mobile phones for either cash or coupons is available.

The Environmental Protection Agency in the US states that recycling of one million mobile phones can save so much of energy which can provide electricity to more than 185 households in the US for complete one year. Won’t that be even better in the UK?

I have to tell you that if you are thinking of buying a new cell phone or even have an old phone lying with you, the best option is to recycle it.

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27
Jul 11

Recycling Your Cell Phone

The usage of SmartPhones, MP3 and MP4 players and computers is quite high in the UK. Additionally, the tablet market in the UK is growing significantly with the number of portable electronics increasing by the day. Such gadgets are extremely useful as they enhance our lives but are also harmful when they are not discarded efficiently and fill up our land with toxic waste.

Have you heard about sellyourmobile.info, the site that not only provides the UK cell phone consumer with an unbiased online comparison but also helps in discarding old gadgets in an eco-friendly manner?

It’s very simple to recycle your mobile!

You can easily know what deals recyclers are offering for any particular gadget by just a few clicks. You not only have great offers for recycling most popular items such as the SmartPhones and cell phones, but also for the iPod, the tablet and even the SLR camera.

Become environmentally responsible!

By choosing to recycle, you are not only steering clear of huge piles of toxic waste, but are also helping minimise the environmental problems which result from e-waste. Recycling your mobile phone is extremely important even if you do not recycle your daily household waste, as after all, the household waste does not leak toxins into our soil and ground water.

Become socially responsible!

Yes, you may have been done with your old phone and no longer wish to use it, but that in no way means that its life is over. Recycling programmes such as the one sellyourmobile.info offers, help in refurbishing old cell phone and give them a new meaningful life.