Recycle Your Cell Phone -How to Make Money Recycling Cell Phones

There are more than 150 million used cellphones
sitting in homes all over America.

We all know what its like to deal with cell phones, so when it is time to switch service providers we are required to buy a new phone; but what to do with our old one. The current options are to throw them away, or place them in a drawer where they do nothing but lose value day-by-day.

I don't know one person that likes to throw money away, why should you?!?

There exists a problem; now there is a solution.

You can now trade in your used cell phone and receive real value; that's real money in your hand.

Cellphones are in hot demand and as the demand increases, so does the impact on gorillas habitat in the Congo.

How are gorillas and cell phones linked?

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Cell phones contain a rare ore called Coltan used as a semiconductor. This metal if found in Central Africa. Increased mining operations means habitat loss and increased hunting pressure on gorillas an other wildlife.
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Wildlife Reserves suffer most from mining. Two World Heritage sites, Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Okapi Wildlife Reserve, have suffered the most damage from mining.
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Coltan mining has helped fund the on-going war in the region.
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Cell phone popularity over the past five years induced a flood of more than 10,000 illegal miners into the "protected" parks. Needing food, they have hunted gorillas an elephants to near extinction in these areas.

What can you Do To Help?

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Recycle Your Old Cell Phone! The US is home to more then 150 million cell phone users (and growing fast). More then 100 million cell phones are thrown away, or stuffed in a drawer, each year. If fewer new phones need to be produced, there will be less impact on gorilla's habitat.
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Recycling goal for your unused cell phones is reuse it in other countries or nations. All cell phones will be refurbished for reuse.

We all have them secretly tucked away somewhere...
in the closet,
in our desk drawer,
in a box,
maybe even in the kids toy box.

Consumers are upgrading their cell phones twice as fast as we used to... averaging a new cell phone every 18 months!

What are we doing with our OLD cell phones?

Whether you want money for your old cell phone, or not, please, Please, PLEASE do NOT just toss your old cell phone in the trash can. It is destroying our environment.

This is one small and simple step we can each take to reduce the "foot-prints" we leave for future generations. An opportunity to do our individual part to change the world.

As Margaret Mead said,

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Do your part.. heck, make this a fund-raising opportunity for your school, PTA, sports team, or ANY organization!

Get your office or business involved and use the extra cash for employee incentives.

Place a "We Recycle" bin (click the image for more info) at your church, office, or school




Pass this along how ever you want, but bottom line...

Spread the Word.

Recycle Your old Cell Phone.

How does the site work?

The site is very simple to use.

* Users find their phone in the list of phones we accept,
* Submit their personal information,
* Send their phone back using the box and prepaid shipping label we provide,
* We verify that the phone is what the customer says it is.
* Then we'll send them check.

The whole process takes about 45-60 days.

How many phones do you accept?

The number changes every day...new models are added to the list and older models are taken off. On average there are over 500 models listed.

What is the price range?

Prices change daily but they typically range from just a few dollars to well over $100 depending on the model.

Is there a limit to the number of phones a person or business can sell?

No. We will accept 1 or 1000...or more.

How do you determine the value of a phone?

Our sale price determines the value.

When is the best time to sell a phone?

Now! Unlike fine wine, cell phones don't get better with age.

What do you do with the phones you buy?

We remarket the phones worldwide,however most of our re-marketed phones make their way to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Why Latin America?

Economics force developing countries to focus on expanding wireless networks as opposed to stringing phone cable throughout the country,so their wireless networks are generally well built. Used and refurbished cellphones provide the economically disadvantaged with basic communications...sometimes wireless is their only means of communications.

Can I donate my phone?

Yes, we provide 911 phones to several organizations throughout the country and we also have arrangements with several charities to accept donated phones on their behalf.

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* container deposit ("bottle bill") legislation
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* the impacts of production in extractive and manufacturing industries
* composting and organic waste management
* economics of conservation, and material use and long-term sustainability

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