BS: recycling cell phones for $

Subject: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 13 May 05 - 12:49 PM

In an airline magazine I saw an advertisement from an outfit (Pace Butler) which recycles cell phones. They encourage people to send in the phones to make money for worthy causes.

Have any of you ever done this? Did it seem worthwhile? What were your experiences?

Thanks

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 13 May 05 - 01:38 PM

Sounds like the pop-can tab myths...

ANY electronics CAN be recycled by people who wanna bother with the efford of seperating out the valuable bits... It ain't easy though...

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Mingulay
Date: 14 May 05 - 07:16 AM

One of my jobs at work is to co-ordinate recycling and we send laser and inkjet printer cartridges and old mobile phones for recycling. The proceeds are donated to the Bristol Childrens' Hospital (Wallace & Gromit Appeal). Helps a worthy cause, saves natural resources and reduces landfill. We also recycle aluminium cans, PET bottles, plastic cups and paper. It's amazing how much 500 people can get through in a week.

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Noreen
Date: 14 May 05 - 08:12 AM

Mingulay, can you find out where the mobile phones get sent for recycling? I have a couple of candidates :0)

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Noreen
Date: 14 May 05 - 08:32 AM

Pace Butler website, as mentioned by Leenia.

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 14 May 05 - 10:49 AM

Thanks for the feedback.

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 15 May 05 - 02:04 AM

Lost a cell phone in a taxi here last year, It was very quickly recycled to a new owner.

I have heard of recycling PC's to some poorer countries where they are actually used by tyhe local peopl but not cell phones.

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: GUEST
Date: 15 May 05 - 05:29 AM

Next to an old VHS recorder coil - a non-funtioning cell phone is the other "expensive" piece that goes into making a CELL PHONE ZAPPER - to turn off all cell phones within about 15 meters.

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 15 May 05 - 02:44 PM

Some of last week's Sunday supplements included an envelope to recycle old mobile phones. It claimed that each phone sent in would result in a donation of £3-50 to Blind dogs for the Guides Guide dogs for the blind

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: recycling cell phones for $
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 15 May 05 - 04:31 PM