Grade Mobile (flexible phone contracts to help the planet)

Grade Mobile is a mobile phone company with a difference. Choose a phone and subscription plan. Then at the end, you can choose to upgrade your phone, or just stick with your old phone, or return it for recycling.

The phones have lifetime guarantee with SIM-free devices, and each device is refurbished at end of use, to pass on to someone else. You can then buy like-new refurbished devices to save money on buying new phones, which just contributes to more plastic waste.

Plans include unlimited calls and texts, free EU roaming, good speed and excellent reviews. Plus their bundles are cheaper than nearly all other providers.

Grade Mobile was founded by a teenager in 2014, who used birthday money from his grandparents to buy a broken iPod touch and a new screen. This was the first refurbished device, and now this is a market-leading moble phone network and recycler, with offices in the UK and France.

Sell your phone, tablet or watch to Grade Mobile

If you don’t need it, you can sell your phone to Grade Mobile, and sometimes get up to hundreds of pounds, being paid within 24 hours. Just fill in the details like condition and storage, and keep the price you receive for 14 days, using Royal Mail’s parcel collect services.

They data wipe and factory reset devices before testing, but remove accounts like iCloud or Google and passwords/screen locks to prevent access, and take photos, in case of getting damaged in transit.