8 Ways To Recycle Your Old phones

Recycle Your Old Smartphone

• 1. Donate Your Phone to the Soilders

  

  Non-profit Phones for Soldiers works to provide U.S. troops with a cost-free way to call home from their active stations. Through recycling partner Mindful eCycling, old mobile phones are traded in for calling cards and other communications device.

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• 2. Sell It on Glyde

  

  Looking for a one-stop shop for selling back all the old tech in your home? Glyde lets you buy and sell a variety of devices, plus it compares the amounts you can fetch on its site with offers from Amazon, Apple and Gazelle.

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• 3. Put It on an Appstand

  

  This picture frame for your iPhone 3 or 3GS turns your old iPhone into a lovely piece of home decor. Available on sale for 32 SR, the Appstand lets you breathe new life into your outdated Apple smartphone.

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• 4. Sell It Back to Apple

  

  Apple will trade your old iPhone for an Apple gift card through its Reuse and Recycling program. Amounts vary depending on your phone's make and model.

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• 5. Donate to Survivors of Domestic Violence

  

  Verizon has collected more than 10 million phones since 2001 for victims of domestic abuse:  one in seven men and nearly 3 million children. To donate your old phone, drop it at a Verizon store, ship it or donate to a HopeLine phone drive.

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• 6. Search Your Options With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  

  The U.S. EPA provides dozens of resources for recycling your old smartphone with its mobile, PC and television search engine. Depending on your device and make, the EPA surfaces optimal recycling options.

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• 7. Donate to the One Fund for Boston, via Gazelle

  

  Boston-based Gazelle, known for its smartphone buy-back programs, is accepting donated items for the One Fund for Boston. If you select the Boston Marathon victims' relief fund as your preferred payment type, 100% of proceeds from your donation will go toward those most-affected by the marathon tragedy.

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• 8. Send Your Phone to CTIA for Refurbishing

  

  If your smartphone is still in good shape, the CTIA will clean, test and update it, then return it to certain retailers who will resell the device. Alternately, if your device doesn't need the complete refurbish, CTIA will clean it and put it up for resell. Phones unable to be refurbished or reused still get recycled for their reusable materials.