In these technology driven times we have come to take for granted all the electronic gizmos and gadgets available without really thinking about what happens to them when we upgrade to the next model. All the advanced technology devices we surround ourselves with do not last forever, and what happens to it when we are finished with it?
The components in most modern electronics can contain some pretty nasty chemicals and if they’re not disposed of properly these chemicals can damage the environment, and our health. Televisions and other large electronic items must, by European law, be dealt with by the manufacturers, but this law does not cover smaller items such as mobile phones.
Thankfully there are a number of easy to use services that will recycle, re-use or dispose of old mobile phones for us. They’ll even pay cash for mobiles that can be reused whilst recycling those that are truly dead. Reused phones will often be sent on to be resold in the developing world where mobile phones are becoming an essential way for people to keep in touch.
With maybe 50 million unwanted and unused phones lying around in drawers and boxes across the UK, the materials locked up in them can either be recycled into the next generation of phones or left to pollute our environment. A better option is to simply visit one of several websites, like Fonebank, Mobile Phone Exchange, or Mazuma, and find out if your old mobile can be turned into cash.
