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Every year, millions of mobile phones are discarded. This isn’t just a waste of resources; it’s a missed opportunity to protect our planet. Recycling mobile phones is more than a choice—it’s a responsibility. Plus, it ensures your personal data stays safe. So, how can you do this without hassle? Let’s break it down.

Donate Your Phones to Help Others

Hubbub has teamed up with others to provide an easy service to recycle unwanted mobile phones. They will wipe clean the phones and give people free 12 months of minutes, data and text to get vulnerable people digitally connected. Like to keep in touch with relatives and to find work. 20,000 phones have already been rehomed.

It must be a smartphone IPhone or Android, without a cracked screen or back, and hold charge (a charger is not necessary but send if you have one spare). Then just sign up for a freepost envelope and pop it in the postbox. The site has info on how to remove your SIm, Apple card etc before posting.

Recycling for Good Causes lets you donate unwanted mobile phones to any small local cause. Pop in an A5 envelope (with unwanted jewellery, coins, stamps) and write the name of your chosen cause on the downloadable label. Order a free sack for large collections, free when it meets required weight.

You can also donate phones to raise money for humane research charities (no animal testing) or favourite small charities (if not listed, just register and then order a freepost envelope).

Get Discounts by Trading Old Phones

Sometimes, shops where you buy phones offer recycling services. They might even give you a small discount on a new phone if you recycle your old one with them.

Grade Mobile is another good site to sell your used phone, or buy refurbished ones. Passed devices are professionally cleaned of data and fingerprints/dirt, and these phones can be repaired by their in-house technicians. You can also buy refurbished Apple watches and iPads to sometimes save over two-thirds on buying new.

Sell Phones to Make Money

Depending on the make/model, condition, age and if it’s locked into a network, you can make up to £900 by selling phones to specialist companies. Phones have their memories wiped on arrival and you can usually to have phones unlocked from networks, and the sim and external memory cards removed.

Envirofone not only lets you recycle old phones for cash, but you can also buy quality refurbished phones, to save on buying new. The store sells a wide range of phones (and tablets) at a fraction of high street prices, each device is thoroughly quality-checks and includes a 12-month warranty. And if you have an old phone gathering dust (or even a broken device you think no-one wants, this company will take it off your hands, in return for cash.

Return Phones to Manufacturers

First, you can return your phone to the manufacturer. Many companies offer take-back programmes. They will recycle your old phone safely. Check the company’s website or contact them to learn more.

Take Phones to Recycling Centres

You can also take your phone to a recycling centre. These places have special bins for electronic waste. They make sure your phone is recycled in the right way.

Alternatively, get someone to host the box, and everyone in the community can deposit their used mobile phones and accessories with TerraCycle, that sends it off to make into other goods.

The box costs around £100 (funded by a council or you could all pool £1 each). It’s like a town amnesty, to get all the rubbish out of your town, that councils can’t recycle. It takes phones and screen protectors but not batteries (put them in your local battery recycling bin).

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