Why We Need To Recycle Broken, Faulty or Old Mobile Phone!


Why We Need To Recycle Broken, Faulty or Old Mobile Phone!

Research has suggested that 80% of mobile phones are recyclable. Here in the UK, a single mobile phone is used for 20-24 months before either end up in the drawer or in landfill. You can earn extra cash by recycling your old, broken, faulty or unwanted mobile phone.

Recycle Old Mobile Phone
Old Mobile Phone

Each mobile phone recycled can save enough energy to power up a smart tablet for 55 hours. Every year almost 32 million new mobile phones enter the UK market and only 7 million are being either sold as used or getting recycled. When we recycle 1 million mobile phones there are potential to extract 33 pounds of palladium, 76 pounds of gold and almost 800 pounds of silver and many other precious metals. Therefore, by recycling mobile phone protects the environment by not excavating for virgin materials.

On the other hand, if these devices end up in landfill they can be very hazardous because they contain harmful material such as; cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic. Therefore, these can contaminate air, groundwater, and soil. Perhaps the important aspect to remember is, some of the materials can be recycled and reused for better purposes.

A well-known company (Apple) has introduced an initiative in 2015 to trade-in old phone. However, there were some concerns with the program that the offered trade-in price was not attractive enough for the consumer to sell their old phone, so they decided to either keep them in their drawers and not to recycle or trade-in. However, FoneBucks offers the best prices for any broken, faulty, damaged, old or unwanted phone.

Recycle Old Phone
Hazardous Materials
Process of FoneBucks

1)      Always check the IMEI to confirm that the mobile phone has been reported as; stolen, lost or blacklisted. If that is the case, it can be reported to the relevant authorities.
2)      Once the phone has been received, it goes through the process of Data Removal, so every phone’s data is removed before it leaves the premises.  
3)      Next, if the phone is reusable then it is sold in the national or international market. On the other hand, if it is Beyond Economical Repair, then it is sent for recycling. However, most of the spare parts are used in other devices.

Currently, 90 million mobile phones are kept in drawers, worth almost 700 million pounds. If these devices end up landfill, they can potentially harm or planet by polluting soil, water, and air. Therefore, it is our responsibility to protect the environment by taking advantage of FoneBucks initiative Think Big | Think Green to recycle as many old mobile phones as possible. It is all for our future generations.

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