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Mobile phone recycling has many benefits to the environment, to the less fortunate, and to the user themselves. Nevertheless, recycling mobile phones is not something people talk about over breakfast. Despite huge campaigns about recycling mobile phones, there are still many people who are not familiar with this and some who do not even know such a thing exists. Most people’s idea of recycling is about paper or cans. You can be the first one to tell them about mobile phone recycling.

Aside from sending emails to friends and family about the benefits and the rationale behind recycling their old, unused mobile phones, you can also do a whole lot of other things.

You can send them a list of recommended phone recycling companies, especially the ones with whom you have previous experience. You may also choose to place the links to these companies on your Facebook or MySpace page so that every time your friends review your page, they will be reminded about having their mobile phone units recycled. You can also do the same to your personal webpage or to any other social networking site or forum that you are affiliated with.

If you are good at making websites, then you can also construct one which is specially designed for recycling mobile phones. You can personalize it by writing its text in your own words and according to your own views. Then you put all the links on it.

A quick search of internet forums reveals a list of satisfied customers who have received cash for mobiles from Envirofone, and the service that the company provides is becoming increasingly popular. 

Envirofone is one of the biggest mobile phone recycling companies available for consumers to use.  The total amount paid out is said to be in the region of £20 million and with their list of over 2000 models of phones, users will be hard-pressed to find one not accepted by Envirofone.

It is a user friendly service as it will accept both working and non-working phones and offers a free courier service to anybody wishing to recycle four or more handsets.  A variety of payment methods means that there is something to suit everybody.  Payments can be made directly into a bank account using the BACS system, into a PayPal account, by cheque, or for those keen on retail therapy, Argos store vouchers. 

Users who want to help those less fortunate can donate some or all of the proceeds from the sale of their phone to charity.  Recycling your phone does not just have a financial benefit.  Preventing old handsets from going to landfill has an environmental benefit too. 

Selling mobile phones requires very little effort on the part of the user.  The company will provide an envelope for sending the phone to them at no cost to you.  A final valuation is provided based on the condition and the make of phone.  There is no obligation to accept this and if refused the company will return your phone.

Mazuma Mobile is one of the better-known mobile phone recycling firms in the United Kingdom.   As with most companies that look for consumers who want to sell mobile phones they no longer need, Mazuma has put together a simple process that many have found to be easy to follow.  With a reputation for paying quickly, Mazuma has earned the trust of a number of consumers.

Working with Mazuma is a straightforward process.  The firm provides information on what they currently pay for various makes and models of older mobiles.  A prospective customer communicates with a Mazuma representative and tells the rep about the unit he or she wishes to sell. 

Mazuma sends a freepost envelope that the customer uses to send the phone to the firm.  Once the phone is received and checked, the payment is rendered to the customer, assuming that the phone is the one discussed prior to the shipment.  Often, the payment is rendered in two working days, something many Mazuma customers find very appealing.

The firm also offers a free tool to help consumers delete information from the older mobile before forwarding the unit via the post.  This is extremely helpful for anyone who is not particularly technically minded, and goes a long way toward helping people feel safe doing business with the company.

While there are a number of mobile phone recycling firms to choose from today, Mazuma is well worth considering.  If you are of a mind to sell your mobile phone for cash, consider what Mazuma can offer.  There is a good chance they will have the most competitive price, as well as one of the friendlier systems that you will come across.

Before you decide to sell your old mobile phone unit, you will have to choose from among several companies based on which will give you the best deal. You can consult independent review sites or sites like mobilevaluer.com that can assist you when looking for the perfect place to sell your phone.

At Mobilevaluer, you first choose whether your phone is still fully working or not working at all. Then you select your phone make from a dropdown list of over 30 phone manufacturers. You then enter your mobile phone type or unit model, after which you will be conveniently presented with a table of the companies which are willing to pay for your old unit as well as their corresponding offers.

When you sell your fully working mobile, it has to be at least in decent working condition, which means that it has no more than mild damage and can still be switched on.

If it is a damaged phone then many providers will consider it but will offer around 10 to 50% of its original selling price. If your phone still does not meet these minimum conditions, the very least these companies can do is to recycle your mobile phone unit for you.

If they have tested your mobile and it isn’t up to scratch, you will then be contacted and offered a lower price than agreed. You have the option to accept or decline the new price offer and if you choose to decline then your phone will be sent back to you free of charge.

Envirofone is a company based in the UK and Ireland that pays up to 90% of the original price of your damaged mobile phone, and will even buy broken units. One unique feature of this company is that it offers free courier service to anyone who sends in more than four handsets, offering more benefits for more handsets submitted.

Envirofone is considered the UK and Ireland’s top recycling site for mobile phones and claims to have paid over £20 million to users of over 2,000 different phone models. With around 17,000 unique visitors per day and six million page views every month, Envirofone has generated enough funds to provide over £500,000 in charity donations so far. One more interesting thing about Envirofone is that they accept both working and non-working phones.

The company’s official site, www.envirofone.com, has a Sell My Phone button which will take you to a page where you select your mobile phone unit or units and put them into a sales basket. You will then be asked to enter the details for your phone and after you confirm the sale, you will be given instructions for delivery. The sale is definitely worth it as Envirofone pays as much as £115.03 for a Samsung B7610 Omnia Pro model or £127.02 for a Nokia N86 8MP. Offers to recycle parts of phones for free are also featured. You can send your phone and the specified parts are replaced and the recycled parts are disposed of in a manner that is not harmful to the environment.

The site also features a Green Room section where you can view free information on news articles, green company offers, and blogs about the environment.

Phone Recycle Bank is another mobile phone recycling site operated by 20:20 Mobile, Europe’s number one distributor of mobile phones. This is a reputable, established organization. According to the mission statement of Phone Recycle Bank, with an official site at www.phonerecyclebank.com, the company aims at “creating financially productive partnerships with charities, businesses, and members of the public.” The company also seeks to assist the less fortunate and at the same time keep the environment safe from the harm of chemical waste from carelessly discarded old mobile phones.

Phone Recycle Bank offers several features. First it offers competitive prices of up to £280.

Second, it features a free. simple and easy online process for selling your old mobile phone. The simple 3-step process used by the company is: value your phone online and specify the order details; wait for the freepost envelope and send your phone in; and wait for the payment.

Thirdly, Phone Recycle Bank employs an Environmentally Friendly Service as it recycles mobile phones in line with the current EU regulations and it also provides affordable mobile phones to developing countries.

A fourth feature is a 4-day fast payment service. If your phone has passed the tests then expect your cheque to arrive at your doorstep within four days.

Another feature is an extensive list of phone models that the company wants to buy from you. The list is currently at 850 models and is expected to grow.

One last but very important feature of Phone Recycle Bank is a free Freepost or Free Courier collection. There are absolutely no costs on your part when you decide to have your phone recycled at Phone Recycle Bank. Free courier service is available if you have a minimum of 10 mobile phones for recycling.

It can be difficult to differentiate between the many phone recycling companies that can be found on the internet these days. Mopay is one of the original recycling websites. Their trading history should put potential customers at ease since they have recycled over 200,000 phones so far, paying out over £2 million in the process.

Mopay offers various payment methods to their customers. These include electronic payment into your bank account (BACS); cash collection at the Post Office, Marks and Spencer vouchers, Arcadia Group gift cards and music credit for downloads. Customers also earn cashback that they can use against purchases in the Mopay shop. They also offer a rapid three day payment service although this is only available via BACS.

As a potential customer of Mopay, you are asked to grade your phone based on their system. Mopay actually offer a price promise whereby they guarantee to pay you the price that is displayed on the website as long as you have been honest when grading your phone.

Mopay believe that the facts speak for themselves. It is believed that there are over 100 million old mobile phones just clogging up drawers in the UK alone. In fact, an average of 15 million mobile phones are upgraded every single year. Environmentally speaking, the incorrect disposal of mobiles can seriously harm eco-systems. A mobile phone battery can actually pollute up to 600,000 litres of water, therefore it is definitely worth recycling for environmental reasons, but services such as Mopay can also make it worthwhile for your bank balance.

There are a number of ways that a mobile phone can be traded in.  Companies such as Tesco and British Gas now offer rewards for customers who recycle handsets through them.  There is an ever growing list of dedicated mobile phone recycling firms that offer cash for mobiles.  Many charities now also take handsets to raise funds for good causes.

Mobile phone recycling firms include Envirofone, Mazuma Mobile, Fonebank and Mobile Phone Exchange.  There are many more, and if you are planning to trade in your mobile phone it is worth making use of a comparison website that can show you the potential payouts from several companies at once.  This is a good way of ensuring that you get the best deal available. The website www.mobilephonerecycling.co.uk will show the prices from seven potential buyers.  

Many people will have an unused handset gathering dust somewhere.  Those who regularly upgrade their phones may have several.  With many of these firms paying out for older models and even non-working handsets it is worth a try.  The current economic situation means that extra cash is always welcome and there is no better way to earn it than by simply getting rid of something you no longer use. 

There are of course other options for getting rid of a mobile handset.  Recent models can usually find customers on sites such as eBay and there is always the potential to earn more there, but a sale is not guaranteed and the whole process is much quicker with a mobile phone recycling firm.

Companies throughout the country use mobile phones across their organisations to help them carry out their work.  Sometimes they will get through large amounts of handsets due to their constant use, and they may just throw away the old mobile phone once a new handset has been purchased.

However companies should consider the benefits of recycling their mobile phones, especially if they are using large amounts of handsets.  The benefits are both financial and environmental, and there are several services available to help in the recycling of mobile phones.  Envirofone and Mazuma are both online companies who provide mobile phone recycling.  People (and organisations) are able to send off their mobile phones to the service and receive a cash payment.  To find out how much your mobile phone is worth you can go on their websites and type in the name of the mobile phone that you wish to sell.  If you are happy with the amount, the service will send you a padded bag to return the mobile phone to them, and after it is tested you will be paid. 

If you are a company with a large amount of mobile phones to recycle then the financial rewards from selling the handsets through these services could potentially be quite large.  Recycling mobile phones in this way is also beneficial to the environment, and you will be saving landfill sites from potential contamination (caused by leaking mercury from the mobile phones battery).

Part of the Ventura Telecom Group, Mazuma Mobile recycles 150,000 mobile phones each month.  Recent customer service surveys place Mazuma top for speed of service and the average price consumers can expect to receive for their handsets.  They can help both individual consumers and business users. 

A quick search of review sites and internet forums shows that users can sometimes receive cash for their mobiles within hours of it being received by the company. 

Mazuma takes both working and non-working handsets and provides a list of what needs to be included, plus guidelines on their website for the expected general condition of the phone.  The company will also accept old mobile phone chargers, although these do not have a cash value. Mazuma can ensure they are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way.

As with all mobile recycling companies the user needs to ensure that SIM cards are removed from handsets prior to sending them in.  Any SIMs received by the company cannot be returned to the user but will be destroyed.  Payments can be made to the customer either by BACS, a cheque or Argos vouchers. 

Mazuma Mobile has a comprehensive website that is user friendly for even the most computer phobic among us.  The whole process is set out simply and there is a FAQ section that should answer any queries that you might have.  A live support option is available for instant contact with Mazuma. 

The company has achieved UKAS accreditation for both Quality and Environmental Management and ISO 9001 and 14001 standards.