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CELL PHONES - Recycling Resources |
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CELL PHONES
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When I get a new phone, or change a battery, what do I do with the old one? |
Cell Phones Recycling Resources
Tens of thousands of toxic cell phones hit the landfill every day. Batteries in general are very harmful to the environment when not recycled properly. Cell phone batteries are among the worst. They contain heavy metals that can cause burns, eye damage, leech into our waters, and vaporize into the air. Recycling your cell phone is a great alternative to just throwing you cell phone into the garbage. By recycling your cell phone and battery you:
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CollectiveGood is the mobile devices recycling resource. If you have spare mobile phones, pagers or PDAs sitting on a shelf or in a drawer, you can recycle them here in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. You can even select which charity you would like your donation to benefit. alternatives -- including a couple that can save you money.
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Search their database of over 40,000 drop off centers for a location near you. From this website, you can: 1) Recycle your used cell phones at a local donation center 2) Start a local cell phone collection to support a national charity or 3) Start a local collection program as a fundraiser for your favorite charity.
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Wireless Phones Resale Resources
Check out these resources to earn money on your used wireles phone.
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Cellforcash.com help consumers and businesses capture the value of their unused cell phones. Cellforcash.com buys your used phone. They state, Your old cell phone may be useless to you but of great use in a different market or even in a different country.
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RIPMobile buys your old cell phones because they have buyers for these phones all over the world. Those phones may be old to you, but will probably be the first phones our customers on the other side of the world have ever owned. RIPMobile will issue you RIPMobile "points" for the value of these phones - a point is worth a dollar. YOU tell them how you want to spend the points, and they will issue you gift certificates for the vendors you select.
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Google.com
For a lot of wonderful ideas on the why's and wherefor's of recycling cell phones and cell phone batteries just go to Google and enter: "Where can I recycle my cell phone?" There are literally hundreds of other different worthwhile ideas, and some that can give you money back or a charitable donation.
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