Mobile phone sales are at a record high. They continue their upward trend of new phone sales by topping out new high sale numbers every year. With all these new mobiles coming on the market, one wonders where the old ones go. Cell phone manufacturers, such as Phillips, are answering the call by providing their customers with the resources to recycle their old cell phones.
While Phillips doesn’t offer an in-house program for recycling mobile phones, they are referring their customers to websites and companies that take cell phone recycling very seriously. Many websites even offer to pay customers for their old handsets, eliminating the need for customers to chuck them in a bin. Since mobile phones contain many dangerous chemicals that can be harmful as it degrades over the years, many green activists are trying to put through legislation that will require recycling programs for mobiles.
Of course, there is simply no substitute for good customer services, and ease of use. Through their partnerships with Phillips, the mobile phone recycling companies that do business primarily over the internet are becoming extremely adept at retaining customers. You simply long onto their website, request an envelope, and they send you everything you need to get your phone off in the mail to them to recycle.
After they recycle your cell phone, either by breaking it down to its component parts, or by reissuing it to third parties such as charities or discount retailers, they send you a cheque for the amount you’re entitled to for the recycling of your old mobile. The better the condition of the phone, the more you’re likely to get!
uk.philips.com
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