Some throw away their old mobile as soon as they buy a new phone. Some people sell and exchange mobile phones for cash.  On the other hand, some donate unwanted mobile phones to people living in the developing countries where mobile phones are proving instrumental in driving the local economies and helping to improve people’s livelihoods.

Recycle Old Phones

The Economist’s special report of 24 September 2009 examines the impact of telecoms technology on the villagers’ way of life in eastern Uganda. By selling phone calls and making a modest profit from the business, a villager is able to earn enough to pay back her loans, buy herself a second mobile phone, help members of her family to pay for the children’s school fees, and to set up her own music and video store. In other words, in the developing countries, mobile phones are far more functional as an asset to transform lives and production processes. They are not fashion accessories.  In a developing country, it is found that the provision of one extra mobile phone among every 100 persons would boost the GDP production by as much as 0.8 percentage points. Given the less developed transport network and facilities in these countries, mobile phone calls can provide speedy, real time communication and help to save unnecessary journeys. As a great contrast from the major world cities where people commonly have more than one mobile phone, and are often in contact through emails, there are remote places in developing countries where connectivity remains low, and mobile communication becomes their best and most effective means for people to exchange messages or to seek help. For example, seriously ill patients can seek emergency services more easily; medical advice can be provided to villagers via mobile phone calls; and small businesses can use mobile phones to better connect with customers and to market their products and services. In some poorer countries, a mobile phone is shared and circulated within a local community.

When you buy your next new phone, remember that you can donate or recycle your old phone with a mobile phone recycler company, so that the used phone can be channeled to the developing countries where it may help to transform the lives of many.

So, you have got your dream mobile phone for your birthday present. You quickly take out your SIM card from the old phone and slip it in to the back pocket of your new phone and start playing with it: testing the ringtones, texting people, fiddling with the games, changing the personal greeting and start taking snapshots with it everywhere you go.

Sell your used Mobile Phone to us

So what do you do with your old phone? Do you simply shove it into the back of your desk drawer? It is estimated that every year there are over 15 million mobile phones which are upgraded, but only around 20% of these phones are eventually recycled or reused.

There is the option of selling old phones on eBay. However, there is a lot of competition given the excessive supply of phones being sold, and the prices for phones of more than a year old are rapidly decreasing. Phone buyers looking to eBay for a used phone is likely to buy only a very cheap phone, and so the likelihood of reaping a profit from them is rather low.

Most people do not know that online stores exist which buy used and even damaged mobiles, and that often they are the best places to sell your old mobile phone as you switch to a new one. These online stores face less aggressive market competition as they do not need to pay for retail rent as the retail outlets of all the major mobile phone brands do, and so in return, they are able to offer a better cash rebate rate for every mobile phone recycled. Compare online and choose a phone recycler company that offers you the best mobile phone recycling money deals for trading in your old mobiles.

Recyclers offer mobile recycle cash in various forms, including cash, BACS, Paypal or vouchers. As a rule of thumb, cash is the easiest way, while vouchers carry a higher retail value. If you plan to upgrade to a new phone, you should try to get back the recycling bonus in the form of extra cash so that it can contribute towards your shopping.

So starting hunting around in your house for all the dead mobiles lying around and cash in your assets! You may even be able to help your friends and relatives recycle theirs and get a small profit margin in return!

We are a Kildare-based RECYCLINGcompany with offices all over the UK and US. With a sizeable business portfolio and over 500 employees worldwide, mobile and blackberry communication is very important to us, especially for our more senior executives who are always on the move. As a way to enhance productivity and communication, all of our executives are entitled to a free company mobile phone or blackberry. Inevitably, these phones become outdated after a year or two, and we have to replace them with newer models with better functions.

A few years ago, we launched our initiative to recycle phones which our colleagues no longer use, to a phone recycling charity called Cumbria Wildlife. Our colleagues welcomed the policy, as they are happy that the company is willing to replace their older phones constantly by buying them new phones that are easy to use. They are also encouraged to see that the older mobiles are being put to good use and that we are channeling them to charity rather than selling them or simply throwing them away. According to Cumbria Wildlife, phones that are no longer working will be taken to bits and sold as separate parts. For working phones, they will repair and resell them to developing countries as affordable mobiles to benefit the local communities there. At the same time, we can help the charity’s ongoing work on conserving wildlife in Cumbria.

For us, the scheme cannot be easier. As we are a corporate customer that often sends in a huge quantity of used phones, we only need to ring up the organisation and they will come to collect these phones direct from us. Last year, we sent off over 350 used phones to the charity. The marvelous thing is that we can get rid of old mobile phones that would otherwise be useless, and there is absolutely no restriction as to the type or condition of the phones, so that we do not need to incur any extra cost in getting these phones checked or repaired.

Do you like technology? If you are like me, you will find that gadget buying is a great but very addictive hobby. As soon as a new model is out, I am tempted to get it and test out the latest functions.

As a student, I enjoy getting a new phone every now and then. Who would want to be stuck with an old phone? I read up on technology and gadget magazines quite often, and am what they call a heavy phone user: I use my phones for multimedia functions such as sending MMS, emailing and sometimes surfing on the web. At times I will even do MSN chats from my phone. All this costs quite me a lot of money, especially since I don’t have a job yet. My trick is to sell my old phones online even before I get to buy a new one.

The cash you get from recycling mobile phones differs depending on the model. For example, new phone models such as Samsung Omnia would sell for €119 or more, while a dated phone such as Nokia 6310i will only fetch €11. As I would only stick to using and selling not-so-dated mobile phones, mainly Nokia and Sony Ericsson, there is always a very good market out there for recycling.

To give you an idea, the last phone I used and sold was Nokia N95, which got me a cash coupon of €115. Using that money, I bought myself the latest Sony Ericsson Aino Black which is priced at €250. It can stream media through a Playstation 3 console. It looks very slim and compact, has a very user-friendly touch screen, a 8.1 megapixel camera, WiFi function, Google Maps and even a drag-and-drop organiser!

Sometimes, I am lucky enough to have friends or family members who offer me old mobile phones that they no longer use. I would trade those in and share part of the cash with them. They are happy to let me do that as they don’t want to deal with the hassle of going online and registering. For me, this extra bit of pocket money always helps.

One thing, however, is that you should always try to sell your phone to a more established phone recycler. There are some fakes out there which fool people, and some companies that lure you to send them your used mobiles, and you’d never hear from them again. So, before you send your phone, do the due diligence and go for the bigger, more trusted recyclers.

Keep up with the latest phone trends and sell old mobiles for cash! As an incentive for you to recycle your old mobile phones, recyclers are offering attractive phone recycle cash regardless of phone conditions and make.

Recycle Your Old Irish Mobile Phone

Here are a few tips to help you get the best out of these Irish phone recycling schemes:

1. Google online and look for companies that do mobile phone recycling.
2. Check on their websites whether they accept the specific phone model or brand that you have.
3. Find out about the rate that they offer for buying your phone, and compare it with other competitive rates in the market, either online or offline. Get the best deal out of it.
4. Some recyclers offer cash rewards, while others may offer gift vouchers instead, such as those redeemable at Argos, Marks and Spencer, O2. They tend to offer a higher monetary value for those who opt for vouchers instead of cash.

1. Only choose those recyclers who are willing to offer free shipping for you to send over your old mobile phone, or those who offer to collect the mobile phone from you for free. You do not need to pay to send your mobile phone.
2. Remember to take out your SIM card and remove all your personal data including contacts, text messages, photos and any PIN numbers that may be stored in the phone. To make sure, you can reset the phone to factory settings.
3. Check that your old phone is still working. While the recyclers may not mind if some of the functions are not working properly (which is one of the most obvious reasons why people would want to change their phones), at least it should be able to turn on and off. Otherwise, you run a risk of not getting your phone or any cash back.
4. You can keep the phone accessories or chargers if you wish. For chargers, you may want to resell them at eBay.
5. Follow the instructions on the website and post it to the recycler. Once your phone is checked and processed, they should be sending you the cash in a week.

There are also quite a lot of charities that accept used mobile phones as donations. You may also want to check on these and decide whether you may want to donate the phone to them instead.

From now on, think twice before throwing your old phones away in Ireland!

Recycle Old Mobile Phones

Many people in Ireland have realised that it is harmful to the environment to dispose inappropriately big, bulky electronic goods or equipments such as computers, printers, ink cartridges, and have opted to get rid of these old goods by recyclers. However, because of the lack of promotions and advertisements from both the public and private sectors, it is only recently that people become increasingly aware that you have to dispose of old mobile phones in a responsible way, otherwise you will be doing much harm to the Earth if you ditch your old mobile phone into the nearest rubbish bin. By discarding an old mobile phone improperly, precious metals that can otherwise be reused or conserved will go to landfills, and unnecessary mining of resources will be resulted. Moreover, lead and mercury will be leaked and pollute the environment. In short, there are long-term consequences resulting from thoughtless and lazy disposals of old Irish mobile phones.

To avoid this, choose to send your useless old mobile phone to any of the mobile phone recycling programmes, where they recycle your mobile phones that will otherwise go wasted, and to ensure proper disposal of the phone materials. If your phone is still working, the recycler will check and refurbish the phone to desirable standards, and then resell to other companies or countries for further use. This is a great way to be eco-friendly and preserve the world’s resources. On the other hand, if your phone is not working properly or cannot be repaired readily, the recycler will dispose of your phone and channel the useful and working parts or accessories to manufacturing companies, which will be able to make use of these parts to make new mobile phones. Even supposing the phone is completely damaged and beyond repair, they will disintegrate it and dispose of the materials in an environmentally-friendly way. This method to discard your old phone will save you a lot of time and effort. Moreover, they will offer you cash rewards as incentives.

I am an advertising account executive and I tend to buy a new phone every year as I want to keep myself abreast of the trends and not to lose out on the latest phone functions and styles in Ireland.

In the past I used to sell my old mobile phone on eBay. However, it is not always easy. There are many people who want to sell and so the supply of relatively new and similar mobile phones is high. This drives down the bids that you can get on eBay.

Selling an old phone on eBay requires tremendous efforts and time as I have to research on the secondhand phones being offered and the bidding prices. I had to dig out the charger, phone accessories, the original packaging and the manual in order to sell it at a good price. Some bidders can be very fussy. They asked me questions about the conditions and functions of the phone: how new it is, any scratches on the display screen, the user-friendliness of the buttons…and believe me, to answer these can be very time-consuming. Sometimes I even have to offer free shipping to these buyers, and it takes a while to get the money back from them (which is not much).

Recently I have discovered a great way to save and to get rid of my old mobile in a hassle-free way. All I need to do is to go online and choose a mobile phone recycler, send in my old mobile in a jiffy bag, and then within a week or so I get my money back. I have sold a few phones this way and, for newer models especially those from major mobile brands such as Nokia and Motorola, I managed to get as much as €100 or €150, which is indeed very useful when I want to buy a brand new phone that costs up to €200 or €250. It is like getting a half price discount!

I am really excited about this because by selling my old phones, I earn extra recycle mobile phone cash to spend on new gadgets. Now I am much less worried about shopping for a new phone.

One creative way to donate to charity is to donate your old mobile(s) in Ireland. Gone are the days when people donate canned foods and used clothing. Charities nowadays have discovered that it is far more effective to appeal for people to donate a phone which, given the useful parts of a phone that can be recycled readily, can contribute significantly to their charitable fundraising drive, or, if the phones are still good enough to use, they can even be sent to the underprivileged who may not afford to buy a new one.

If you do have a used mobile phone which you no longer need, research online for a trusted mobile phone recycling fundraiser that buys old phones. Some charities will offer to channel the money earned from the recycling process to a charitable cause of your choice. Others will donate the phones collected from the developed countries to the poorer nations where mobiles remain highly expensive consumerables. To make your donation worth one-third or more, you can also post a Gift Aid form to confirm that you wish to Gift Aid the donation to the fundraiser and then they can reclaim the tax savings.

In many developing countries mobile phones are still regarded as a luxury. Despite the fact that a lot of people living in the cities are changing their mobiles on a yearly or two-year basis, there are still around 40% of the world’s population who do not have a mobile phone. In Africa, only 28% of the people have a handset. Think of the ways mobile phones can help in transforming lives. Sometimes, it is far more important for people in the developing countries and those in the villages to have a mobile phone for emergency communication, where people may live very far from one another, and especially since the transport infrastructure and medical facilities in those regions tend to be far less accessible.

So next time when you switch to a new phone or get a free phone from the company’s Christmas lucky draw, do consider doing good to the society by donating the old phones you don’t need to a deserving Irish Charity.

Looking to change your phone to get the latest phone functions? To manage your time wisely and to keep up with the pace of a big city, one must have a good phone at all times, to maintain personal and professional contacts, make phone enquiries, reservations, send forth or receive messages, and so on. We have to change our phones on a regular basis so that we have the functions that best suit our daily needs here in Ireland. Investment in good phones is to ensure a better quality of life.

For the tech-savvy customers, recycling old phones is a way to save more. New phones do cost quite a lot, and the best way is to sell used mobile phones so that you can get good cash to buy yourself a new one! One way to do this, of course, is to visit the mobile phone retail stores which offer to buy your old phone when you get a new phone, but sometimes the prices they offer may not be as competitive. If you have handy access to the Internet, do check out the rates being offered by those recycling companies online as they tend to give better cash rates. No extra cost is involved for recycling your mobile phone to these online companies in Ireland: they will offer to pay you for posting your mobile phone to them. Usually they will specify the range of phone brand and make which they trade in on their websites, possibly with the images of those phones as well, so that you can browse and match with your phone model. The cash rewards offered vary depending on how new and the functions of your phone, but a range of €50-€150 is quite common.

Typically, you will have to post your phone to them via Freepost, unless you are turning in 10 phones or more, in which case they may offer to collect from you. Once you have posted the device to them, it just takes a few days for them to process your request and to check the phone. If everything goes well, you will receive your money back within a week! In effect, recycling your old phone is to give yourself a discount on your next new phone from a relaibel Irish Mobile Recycling company based in Kilcullen Kildare.!

For many, while it may feel good to have your old phone lying around the house as an extra communication device, it is often an unnecessary and useless luxury, and the existence of the old phone is soon forgotten and dismissed.

Used mobile phone donation for Charity in Ireland

Why waste your old phone when you don’t need it? You can donate your old phone to a mobile phone recycling charity once you get a new phone, since it offers a higher likelihood that the old mobile will be recycled and reused as a valued asset in the developing countries. Of course, the key is that you should donate a mobile phone that is still working, and to ensure that you have wiped out all your personal data from the device. The fundraiser will help to channel the device to recycling and refurbishment and send it off to third world countries where mobile phones are still highly expensive and unaffordable, and where people in villages and remote areas can make use of the mobiles to get in touch with their relatives and friends, or contact services for emergency help. There have been cases in Africa and other countries where villagers help to save lives by contacting each other through text messages. In developing countries where natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes are more prone to happen and road transport is often less accessible than the cities, used mobile phones can be life-saving devices for locals, especially women and the elderly, to get in touch with the authorities and life rescue teams much more quickly and easily.

According to a recent UN report, the number of mobile phone subscriptions worldwide has quadrupled from around 1 billion in 2002 to 4.1billion at the end of last year. With the UK being ranked as the top 12^th nation in terms of purchases of mobile phones, secondhand mobile phone donation scheme is fast gaining popularity. Many in the UK, especially those living in major cities such as London, own more than one phone and have a landline in addition to their mobile phones, not to mention that they also communicate by way of emails and chats. In other words, they are in the position to donate one or more unused phone(s) for such worthy cause.