RPC Recycle, are one of the UK’s most popular recycling sites, have sent out a recent message to urge people who have recently upgraded or bought a new handset to recycle their old ones for the best prices.

RPC Recycle who are based in Staffordshire offers cash payments for a wide range of different mobile models. Their main aim is too offer their customers the best prices possible for their unwanted handsets. They will also consider buying old handsets that are faulty or no longer work.

Rebecca Downie from RPC Recycle said “Many consumers don’t know how much their old mobile devices are worth. Many of these devices are simply left gathering dust – or worse still, end up in a landfill site. At RPC Recycle we’ve long been committed to helping educate people about how much their phones are worth, and how important it is that old mobiles don’t end up buried at landfill.”

Currently RPC Recycle offers cheque or Paypal payments for old mobile phones but in the near future will also offers BACS payments.

Recycle your old mobile at RPC Recycle here

Leading UK mobile phone network, O2 has recently launched a new eco-rating system for all mobile handsets from different manufacturers.

The new system has been backed by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG, HTC and Palm but Apple have decided to opt out.

The new system rates each handset based on the overall environmental impact over its lifespan, the raw materials each one uses, any impacts that are caused by its manufacture, how much packaging is used, how energy efficient each one is and how easy they can be recycled or re-used.

Top of the list at the moment is one of Sony Ericsson’s Greenheart phones, The Sony Ericsson Elm which gets 4.3 out of 5 for sustainability. The Elm is made from recycled plastics, contains no hazardous chemicals and is very energy efficient due to its lower power charger. It also has an eco app pre-installed and a green calculator.

Independent mobile phone retailer, Go Green Mobiles is offering consumers a unique approach in the mobile industry with their scrappage scheme.

The mobile scrappage scheme is the first of its type in the UK and gives customers the chance to trade in their old mobile phones for up to £250 when they take out a new contract or buy a pay as you go phone. All mobile phones are delivered on a free next day delivery service.

If customers of Go Green Mobiles don’t have an old handset to trade in when getting a new contract then they can choose from gifts including Wii’s, Laptops, TV’s, cashback, shopping vouchers and lots more.

Get a new mobile and trade in your old one for cash at Go Green Mobiles here

The proposal was made by Lord Henley early last week for the government to help businesses with recycling of mobile phones and other equipment. Spokesman for Waste Watch, Mike Webster said this could be a very effective way of improving Britain’s green record.

The new proposal hasn’t gone down well with the Federation of Small Businesses who waned that many small companies would need loans or cash grants in order to be in a position to recycle.

The new scheme is thought to initially be a voluntary one that companies can sign up to at their discretion.

Popular UK mobile recycling company Mazuma Mobile is too payout $5 million recycling Australian residents old mobile phones.

Mazuma will be the first mobile recycling site to open in Australia and hopes to recover some of the estimated 16 million unwanted mobile phones around the country. The company is offering Australian residents between $1.60 for an old handset right up to $650 for a fully working iPhone.

The company was established in Britain 4 years ago by former Melburnian Charlo Carabott. They recycle or re-use over 150,000 mobile handsets a month and have so far paid out almost $118 million to their users.

Aid Rawlins, MD for Mazuma Australia said that many Australians hold on too their old handsets thinking that they will want to use them again one day, however this isn’t the case and they just begin to pile up.

Australians can get a quote for their old mbile phones and then send them in for recycling by visiting the Mazuma Australia site here.

UK Residents Recycle Your Old Mobile Phones at Mazuma Mobile Here

The Eco-ATM was first launched in 2008 by a San Diego based company and is already being trialed in 7 locations across the US. Eco-ATM’s automatically work out the price of a mobile phone based on the one that is put inside, cash, gift cards or vouchers is then instantly paid out to the user. The old mobile then stays inside the kiosk until they are emptied and then taken to be re-used or recycled.

Gregg Kaplan, CEO of Coinstar said that their latest investment would provide an easy and convenient way for people to responsibly recycle their old mobile phones.

Coinstar currently operate 26,900 DVD kiosks and 19,000 coin counting kiosks around the world.

UK Supermarket Sainsbury’s is urging customers to dig out any unwanted mobile phone chargers and drop them into their stores during August.

The supermarket will allow you to drop off old mobile chargers in the entrance to their stores. They are hoping to collect over 150,000 old chargers between now and the 28th August.

The new initiative is part of the Sainsbury’s make a difference campaign where the supermarket focuses on different environmental issues.

Neil Sachdev, property director of Sainsbury’s said “We’re really excited to see how much of a difference we can make. Only 280,000 chargers are currently recycled each year in the UK, so if we hit our target of 150,000, we could increase mobile charger recycling rates by over 50%.”

Its been estimated that there are around 20 million unused mobile phone chargers in the UK which adds up to 5000 tonnes of waste that could be recycled.

Most mobile recycling sites will take any unwanted accessories with your old mobile handset and recycle them correctly but they do not offer any cash for them. If your mobile phone is worth more than £50 and your recycle it at Fonehub you can also get extra cash for the the original hands free kit, bluetooth headset or travel charger.

Recycle your old mobile and accessories at Fonehub here

Over 22,000 old and unwanted mobile handsets have been sent into RPC Recycle this year alone, saving them from ending up at landfill.

Managing Director of RPC Recycle, Justin Millar said, “We are very happy to have recycled so many mobiles through our site so far this year, meaning more handsets are being reused rather than going to landfill. I think our customers would agree that being green does pay off too, with us giving them over a million pounds for their mobiles!”

RPC Recycle is one of many recycling companies in the UK that refurbishes old handsets in house for reuse elsewhere. They send around 800 mobiles out per day for reuse and handsets beyond repair are broken down and recycled under the WEEE directive.

Recycle your old mobile for cash at RPC Recycle here

The new code of practice will make mobile recycling companies check the details of a handset against a national database of stolen phones before purchasing them from individuals.

Up to now 90% of the UK mobile recycling industry have signed the new code of practice. Any mobile recycling companies that don’t use the new code of practice could face sanctions.

Its hoped that the new rules will put an end to the estimated 100,000 stolen mobiles that are being sent into recycling companies each year without their knowledge.

Many criminals had been using mobile recycling companies in the past as a loophole to make money from their stolen goods as although handsets reported stolen are blocked in the UK within 24 hours they can still be used abroad.

Its estimated that 100,000 stolen mobile phones have been sent in for recycling in the past with an average value of £50 each.

Mopay one of the UK’s biggest and most popular mobile recycling companies has recently launched a new mobile phone comparison site.

The new comparison site allow mobile recyclers to easily find the best mobile phone deals on the Internet at the same time as recycling their old handsets. It searches through all the offers from network providers on pay as you go, contract and SIM only deals. If users already know which mobile handset they want then they can search by handset and model otherwise they can browse through all the offers from the UK’s network providers.

Co Founder of the company, Simon Walsh said “The new site gives recyclers the opportunity to view and compare great mobile deals at the same time as recycling their old handset.”

The new site allows people that are recycling mobile phones the chance to earn money from their old ones on Mopay and then put that money towards a new one on the comparison site.

Recycle your old mobile for cash and view the new comparison site at Mopay here