Was at the gym this morning killing my knees on the running machine. I looked up at the TV monitors on the walls for a few moments — a brief respite from the pain allowed this — and I saw Envirofone advertising on one of the music channels.
Interesting.
Mobile recycling has got that big that it can be supported by television advertising (albeit during the day on the music stations — this isn’t quite prime time ITV, yet).
I’ve used Envirofone and had excellent, pleasing results. They send you out an envelope. You put your phone(s) in and send it back to them, freepost. They have a look and check your phones are working then, a few days (or weeks if they’re busy) later, you get a credit. Cash or Argos vouchers.
I had a look on their site today. Browsed about. I was surprised to see they’re only offering 40 quid for the HTC Advantage. That was an expensive device when it came out.
94p for a Nokia 1100.
Fair enough.
94 quid for my Nokia E90. 55 quid for your E61i.
The newly released Nokia N82 will fetch you 145 pounds. The N95 8GB will fetch 140.
If you’ve got a load of old handsets hanging around, get yourself an Envirofone account and recycle them for a bit of cash.
I've had a similar experiences with Envirofone too. I got some decent rewards but there was one time where i had an old Nokia and they told me that they would give me
I am not surprised that companies like envirofone in the UK have become interested in mobile phone recycling. In Japan Eco-System Recycling have found that a ton of discarded mobile phones can produce up to 150 grams of gold, whereas ore from a gold mine produces on average 5 grams per ton.
Hi, I work at envirofone.com so appreciate that I may be biased (!) but we do try to offer good value for your mobile phones, the prices are reflective of what value can be extracted from the phone by either re-using (which we always try to do as the most important step of recycling) and then recycling itself. Repair costs also have to include our labour and equipment as well as parts so that's why there can be a big difference between the original trade price and the one offered.
You can usually get more for your phone by selling it on ebay but envirofone is a much easier solution
I think this is the key to envirofone's success; advertising and appealing to young kids and adults who wouldn't otherwise know how to dispose of their phone. However what remains a mystery is what they actually do with the phones! Recycle? I can't seem to find any information about where they go? I mean the name and way it is advertised would suggest they get sent abroad to good causes. In reality they probably get sold off to companies as refurb or back on ebay for a much bigger profit. In short – I wouldn't touch this website – it's just cash convertors online!
I think this is the key to envirofone's success; advertising and appealing to young kids and adults who wouldn't otherwise know how to dispose of their phone. However what remains a mystery is what they actually do with the phones! Recycle? I can't seem to find any information about where they go? I mean the name and way it is advertised would suggest they get sent abroad to good causes. In reality they probably get sold off to companies as refurb or back on ebay for a much bigger profit. In short – I wouldn't touch this website – it's just cash convertors online!
I think this is the key to envirofone's success; advertising and appealing to young kids and adults who wouldn't otherwise know how to dispose of their phone. However what remains a mystery is what they actually do with the phones! Recycle? I can't seem to find any information about where they go? I mean the name and way it is advertised would suggest they get sent abroad to good causes. In reality they probably get sold off to companies as refurb or back on ebay for a much bigger profit. In short – I wouldn't touch this website – it's just cash convertors online!
Of course you could try an eBay drop off site like The Selling Shop (http://www.thesellingshop.co.uk ). Even after their comission you typically end up with 10-15% more in your pocket.