{"id":287,"date":"2011-02-25T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:16","slug":"recycling-cell-phones-makes-financial-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/recycling-cell-phones-makes-financial-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Cell Phones Makes Financial Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Wall Street Journal, the refurbished cell phone market is growing enough that within a few years, it could make up as much as one fifth of the US cell phone market.  That\u2019s in a fairly phone-forward country.  In emerging markets like Africa and Latin America, refurbished cell phones make up a much bigger part of the market.  Many people in those economies rely on our recycling cell phones \u2013 we make it possible for them to have higher-end cell phones than otherwise possible.  In some cases, our recycling cells make it possible for them to have a phone period.<\/p>\n

In an article I read this morning, a popular US cell phone recycler said that it recycled or resold 5.2 million handsets last year.  60 per cent of those went to US customers; the rest went abroad.  The company also predicts that 2011 will see an over 50 percent increase in their revenue.  That\u2019s good for the company; but it is also good for us.<\/p>\n

For one, those recycled\/refurbished phones represent millions of pounds of toxic solid waste that did not end up in a landfill. For another, it means that more of us are taking advantage of the demand by selling our phones for cash \u2013 cash which can be used for a variety of things, including towards the purchase of a new (or higher-end refurbished) cell phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To people who throw away their old cell phones when they get a new one, that cell phone is just junk. 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