Disposal of old mobiles

[nez75 10]

Does anyone know where to dispose of old mobile phones? I know there are places to take them rather than just chucking them in the bin. Thanks

[neeeeeeeeeek 10]

Treat them like that goldfish you won from the fair, or that little turtle you smuggled back from turkey in your shoe. Or perhaps that baby crocodille that keeps growing.. Flush em down the bog!

[Martin_s 10]

Originally posted by nez75

Does anyone know where to dispose of old mobile phones? I know there are places to take them rather than just chucking them in the bin. Thanks

Charity shops will take your old mobiles and they somehow get a return on them.

 

Likewise a mobile phone shop will accept your old mobile and dispose of it properly... It shouldn't just be binned though because of the battery which needs proper disposal..

 

If you do a little net searching there's places that will send you an envelope to pop it in and then mail back to them free...

[wendy 10]

Magic AM (Radio Hallam's Sister station) are taking them towards their guidedog appeal at the moment. They are on Herries Road (near the Wednesday ground). Apparently they get £3.50 towards their appeal for each one.

[saxon51 10]

Just take a stroll around Shiregreen, someone will take it off your hands

[Andy 10]

https://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/fonebak/Fonebak

 

Order an envelope or grab one from Virgin Megastore

It's really easy to recycle your old mobile phone, and you'll be making a huge difference to our planet. How? Well, you'll be:

 

Protecting the environment- by preventing old mobile phones from ending up in landfill.

Reducing the strain on the Earth's finite resources through recycling.

Providing better and more affordable communication to developing countries.

Raising money for The British Red Cross.

All you need to do is get hold of a FREEPOST envelope.

 

You can order one right here, or you could pop into your nearest Virgin Megastores and grab one there. Then, just take your SIM card out and place your old mobile phone and accessories in the bag.

Seal it up, then stick it in the post!

 

Once your phone is received, Virgin Mobile will make a donation of £5 to the British Red Cross for every reusable phone.

[Robbie Loving 10]

Originally posted by markham

Just take a stroll around Shiregreen, someone will take it off your hands

 

physically

[Lickszz 10]

Not sure if they still do but Tesco used to give you a measly 150 clubcard points to take your old one off you. You had to collect a green recycle bag from the store and post it off. I wouldn't be surprised if other supermarkets did something like this.

[nez75 10]

cheers guys. not sure about the shiregreen option! My mate found that walking along the wicker works quite well as well!

[Guest poppins]

Take the batteries out and give it to some kids to play with, they'll love it !

[saxon51 10]

Take the guts out, fill it with dog doody and hope some lowlife nicks it.

[NatalieSheff 10]

body shop take them off you, i think £10 goes to charity, mmm love body shop