Since it was revealed that there may be as many as ninety million unused mobile phones sitting around the United Kingdom there have been many sites which have popped up to try and take advantage of those that have failed to recycle their old mobile phone. This has made mobile phone recycling one of the fastest growing segments of the recycling industry. In addition to having valuable parts that can be either recycled or re-used, mobile phones also pose major threats to landfills. Mobile phone batteries contain harmful chemicals that can leak into landfills and eventually end up contaminating drinking water. One company has benefitted greatly from the sudden increase in mobile phone recycling.
Sellmymobile.com aims to take advantage of the abundance of phones lying around the United Kingdom unused. These phones have an estimated value of over a billion and a half pounds, which means people are holding gold in their dresser drawers and are not even aware of it. The site has distinguished itself among its United Kingdom competitors by offering a wider range of phones and offering higher value for handsets that can be reused. Newer phones will be re-sold while older phones will be recycled for their parts including the plastic casings and some of the electrical components can be used in medical equipment.
Sellmymobile.com has done research which found that the number of searches for things related to mobile phone recycling have gone up over two hundred percent in the last two years. This number is sure to increase as governments step up their efforts to increase awareness.
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