How To Make Money Recycling Cell Phones

Mobile phones have quickly become an environmental problem is old and broken phones discarded and thrown away that contain very hazardous materials that may harm our health and even the environment. In line with this, there has been a new and growing business today. Buying and selling of old and damaged mobile phones. The trend continues today as the average U.S. consumer replaces their cell phone every 18 months. Americans retire an estimated 130 million cell phones each year, only a fraction of which are reused or recycled. which means that there is an accumulation of unused and old cell phones into landfill sites and land fills.

Awareness to hazardous levels of these cell phones is now widespread that is why environmental conservation and recycling of these wastes are now going up. Companies around these products is also growing because many companies today are willing to buy your old cell phones, even those that are already damaged and broken. They clear up all the info in your cell phones and fix it all up then repackage and sell them again. Mobile phones that were unable to be refurbished are dismantled and recycled for some metals contained in them, namely Gold and Silver from circuit boards, copper wiring from phone chargers, nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from batteries and plastic form of cases and accessories.

You can also start out and make money from this growing industry. Start out with an old or used cell phone collection drive. Or buy it from your neighbors or friends for a cheap price and sell them to companies that recycle them. Many sites are now popping up to buy your mobile phones using these programs to earn extra money. Many of these programs even provide free shipping envelopes, so you can send them your mobile phone for free. This is the type of business can be both profitable and good for the environment.

Another option is to invest into different recycling bins that can be placed at various locations across your city. Some places will be in shopping centers, colleges and universities. Downtown locations close to a large population of office workers could also be a prime location for cell phone recycling bins. When these bins are in place a marketing campaign educating people about the benefits of recycling their cell phones will help to get people using them. Partnering with a charity can also help to attract users, you can give a percentage of profits to charity.