When you get a new phone, what are you supposed to do with the old one? Sell it, of course. But how can you know you’ll get a fair price for it? There are many companies who pay for old mobile phones, because selling old phones for cash is a big business. This business helps the environment and soldiers, poorer countries, and poor families. Keeping old mobile phones out of landfills and instead recycling them or putting them in the hands of people who need them is something that all of these companies do. Many consumers see these companies as doing something good for mankind. While some phones do not sell for much, selling old phones for cash can become very profitable for both you and the company you sell them to. Depending on the number of phones you have, and their makes and models, even some older phones can be worth a lot more than you would think.

As recycling phones for cash is becoming increasingly popular, more and more companies are getting into the act. Some companies only accept certain brands, but many will accept any brand. Some companies only accept phones in working order, while others will accept phones that are not working, are missing the battery, or are even falling apart. Obviously, even the companies which accept broken phones will offer more for functioning ones. The functioning phones can be given to people who need them, while broken ones can only be broken down further into their raw materials, which is not as profitable for the company. When selling old phones for cash, be sure that the company is designated for your country and will accept your phone in the condition it is in. It will be a waste of your time and the company’s time if you ship them a phone that they will not accept or give you money for. Some companies will take your phone off your hands for free, simply to avoid it ending up in a landfill. Recycling phones for cash is not only beneficial to you and the company, it helps keep the environment cleaner.

Most people don’t realize that they may have a source of extra cash rattling around in a drawer at home. Mazuma Ireland, a phone recycler has estimated that each UK household has on average, four unused mobile handsets. Most of those are valued at over £20 each, which amounts to over £1 Billion in unused mobile phones.

Fortunately, companies like Mazuma Ireland do a brisk business in mobile phone recycling, which means that just about everyone can make some extra money by selling old mobile phones for cash. Recycling companies have websites that are very simple to use. You simply go online, type in the kind of phone you wish to sell, and the website returns with the price they are willing to pay. You then enter your entire phone details, sign off on an agreement, and within a week or two, you will receive a padded, postage-paid return envelope in the mail. You can include as many phones as you like in the transaction, if you have more than one to sell.

Next, you put your phone or phones in the envelope. First, be sure to remove the SIM card and return the phone to its factory settings so that all personal information is removed.

Once Mazuma Ireland receives your phone, they will perform a quick evaluation to make sure that it can be refurbished. If everything looks good, you should receive payment within just a few days. If there is anything wrong with the phone and it is serious enough that it can’t be refurbished, it can be sold on to a recycler, although you will be offered a lower price for this.

Selling old mobile phones for cash in this way is much faster and easier than using sites like eBay, or trying to find a private buyer. It’s always nice to get cash for something when you weren’t expecting it, and this is great motivation to do the right thing; recycling your old phones is far better for the environment than simply throwing them away. It’s great to be able to do your part and benefit from it at the same time.

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.