Consumer electronics items make up around two percent of all of the materials in today’s landfills. We already know that recycling in general is important, as UK landfills are not getting any smaller. Recycling your mobile phone is particularly important as they have the potential to release poisonous substances into our environment, chemicals such as cadmium, lead solder and beryllium. Not only that, Phone Recycle Bank have proven that 85% of old handsets can be refurbished and reused. Whether your old handset is working or non-working there are basic components which can be reclaimed to extend the lifecycle of handsets.

So some simple steps to how you can recycle your old mobile 

Step 1 – check out how much your mobile is worth www.phonerecyclebank.com

Step 2 – Process your handset and wait for your FREE recycle bag then pop your handset in the post.

Step 3 - When we have received your handset your cheque will be in the post with 4 days.