Billions of cell phones are sold every year. For every new one sold, an old one has to go somewhere and, unfortunately, more often than not that means a landfill site. Millions of pounds of mobile phone parts are thrown into landfills worldwide each year, containing such toxins as mercury, palladium, and even gold. As a result of this, a great deal of waste escapes these doomed cell phones and pollutes the surrounding environment.
While many of the largest mobile phone manufacturers offer in-house recycling programs, the fact is that many cell phone companies don’t have the size or the funds required to operate such a sophisticated operation. It is for this reason that so many companies, including NewGen are springing into the mobile phone recycling business. Companies like CellForCash.com have developed recycling plans that allow them to pay a small premium to consumers who would rather recycle their cell phones than simply throw them away. The used phones are either sold to third parties, or they are broken down into their component parts and recycled piece by piece.
NewGen, which has traditionally offered high-tech cell phones such as their “Mega-X” series, no longer offers a recycling program for their consumers, however it is certainly possible to recycle an out of date NewGen cell phone by contacting one of the third party recyclers that are available on the ‘net today. Recycling mobile phones is turning into a big business worldwide, and with so many cell phones going the way of the Dodo, it’s easy to see why.
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