Selling Mobile Phones
In the current economic climate there are very few people who would not like to earn a little extra cash, and there are even fewer people who don’t have an old mobile phone handset lying around. There are many companies who are prepared to pay for old mobile phones and who can dispose of them in an environmentally friendly way.
Going to a phone recycling company is a good and easy option. There are other ways you could try, such as selling the phone yourself on an auction site such as eBay, but these other methods offer no guarantee of a sale. If your phone is in reasonable working condition then that should translate into a reasonable offer from a mobile phone recycling firm.
If your phone is damaged in any way (and hardly anyone has a mobile phone in pristine condition) you may still earn cash from it. Offers will vary between companies and some may not make an offer, but it is worth a try. At the very least you will know that the phone will not be rotting in a landfill site polluting the environment.
So what happens to them afterwards? More recent models are shipped out to other countries such as India and China and sold on to consumers. Those that can be easily repaired may be refurbished. Some phones may be stripped down and their components recycled. The parts that cannot be reused in some way are passed on to organisations that can ensure they are disposed of responsibly.