Mobile Phone Xchange Made to Reword Adverts
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged TelevisionLeading mobile recycling site, Mobile Phone Xchange has had to reword their adverts after a previous advertising campaign was found to be misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. (ASA)
The previous campaign was found to be misleading after a view complained; they said that the advert had said, “Did you know that you can exchange any unwanted mobile phone for cash at mobilephonexchange.co.uk? If you have recently upgraded or are about to change your phone, visit our website to get an instant valuation for your old mobile.”
The complaint was made by the viewer because Mobile phone Exchange would not buy his phone off him although the advert stated they would buy any model.
After the complaint was made Mobile Phone Xchange did admit that they could not offer cash for every mobile model available but said that they could offer cash for 900 different handsets so did not feel that the ads were misleading.
ASA decided that the adverts could not be shown again as they were slightly misleading as consumers may think that every model of handset could be recycled for cash.
Managing Director of Mobile Phone Exchange, Geoff Walters said: “The adverts were not live at the time and since then a new campaign has been made and reworded. We made a mistake that has since been fixed.”
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Many People are Still Not Aware that Old Mobile Phones can be Recycled
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingAccording to recent research it has been found that although many people around the world are now doing more environmentally friendly activities such as disposing of paper, plastic, aluminium and food waste correctly, many people are still not aware that electrical items such as mobile phones can be recycled.
The mains reasons that were given as to why electrical items were not disposed of correctly were that people either were not aware or simply did not know what to do. Therefore many old mobile phones are still sat around people’s homes collecting dust when they could be recycled and many of the parts inside re-used.
It’s estimated that there is still a massive 80 million unwanted or unused old mobile phones sat around people’s homes worth a staggering £1.6 billion. If all these old handsets were dug out and sent into one of the many online recycling services then not only would everyone benefit from the extra cash but it would also be a massive help to the environment.
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Sanyo Eneloop Stick Booster – Mobile Phone USB Charging on the Move
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
A new battery charger that will fit 2 AA batteries inside and charge any USB devices is set to be released in Japan this December.
The new device which is manufactured by Sanyo is called the Eneloop Stick Booster and is basically a tube where 2 AA batteries fit inside. This can then be used to add power to any USB device on the move such as mobile phones, portable gaming device and audio devices.
Sanyo starting developing the device in November 2006 and are expected to continue to improve and develop the ‘Eneloop Universe’ product range in the future.
The Eneloop stick booster will be available in Japan on December 1st 2009 and elsewhere in the World when the company sees fit.
Orange Launches In-Store Recycling Scheme
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingMobile phone network Orange has launched an in-store recycling scheme, Recycle and Reward.
By taking your old mobile, mp3 player, laptop or other electronic gadget into an Orange store one of the staff will access its condition and if accepted will send a cheque out within 7 days.
This is great news for consumers wanting to get rid of electrical items such as laptops and mp3 players, its also good news for Orange for offering their customers a greener service.
Mobile phones can be recycled in many places online and it’s always worth shopping around to find the best highest prices for your phone before sending it in.
Valpak and T-mobile Launch Mobile Recycling Guide
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingMobile phone network T-Mobile in partnership with Valpak Limited has recently launched a recycling guide mobile phone application that will allow people in the UK to find their nearest recycling points quickly and easily.
Recycle guide can be downloaded from the T-Mobile website and shows users where they can recycle old household items. The application also provides users with recycling tips, links to useful sites and helps them keep track of items that they have already recycled.
Its estimated that many thousands of people in the UK will throw their old items in the bin or on rubbish tips simply because they do not know where their nearest recycling points are, this recycling guide should help solve that problem.
Valpak LTD who helped develop the application help large and small businesses comply with the latest recycling legislation.
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Samsung Calls on Customers for Help in Ad Campaign
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco FriendlyWith Samsung releasing its new green handset the Blue Earth they have partnered with Current Media to call on their customers to help create the advertising campaign.
Samsung plan to allow customers in the UK film their own ads using Current Viewer Created Advertising Platform. The best content will be chosen by the mobile phone giant to appear in their new ads for their environmentally friendly handsets. By allowing customers to appear in their ads they are hoping to appeal to environmentally friendly customers.
The new ‘Blue Earth’ handset from Samsung is made using recycled plastic and has a solar charger built onto the phone. Many mobile companies will be implementing solar chargers into their phones in the hopes that one day batteries will be a thing of the past.
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Mobile Phone Exchange Pay Highest Prices for 484 Handsets
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile Phone Xchange
Mobile Phone Xchange one of the UK’s biggest mobile recycling sites has monitored prices across 973 used and new handsets and found that they offer the highest prices for over half of them in comparison to their competitors.
The next highest with 165 highest prices is Envirofone, next is Fonebank with 120 and then Mopay with 106.
By recycling your old phone at Mobile Phone Xchange not only are you guaranteed the highest cash prices but you can get more for your phone if you accept Argos or Debenhams gift vouchers which could be great for buying gifts at Christmas.
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Mopay Offers £1000 Christmas Cash Prize to All Customers
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged MopayMopay, one of the UK’s leading mobile recycling companies is offering a £1000 cash prize to one lucky customer in its ‘Mopay cash giveaway’ draw.
Everyone that sells a phone to Mopay between the 26th October and 13th December will receive an entry into the special prize draw. The winner will be drawn at random on 21st December and the cash hand delivered by models used in their recent TV advert.
The latest promotion comes at the same time as Mopay launches their free courier service to customers recycling 5 or more handsets. The free courier service will help avoid any payment delays to customers in the run up to Christmas and because of any Royal Mail strikes.
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Mobile Phone Companies Ranked by Greenpeace – Nokia is Greenest
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco FriendlyRecent research has been carried out by Greenpeace to see which mobile phone companies are the greenest and doing the most to save the environment.
Each mobile manufacturer has been ranked using set criteria including how well they inform their customers about how to recycle unwanted mobiles, how well they carried out green initiatives and whether they had set up their own mobile recycling programs.
According to the study, Nokia was ranked as the greenest manufacturer due to its great recycling program and how easy it allows consumers to get information on it. Samsung was second after doing well in all the categories and Sony Ericsson was third after losing a few points on recycling and waste issues.
By recycling your old mobile phone you too can be green and do your bit for the environment.
Universal Chargers Coming Soon
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Recycling
This Week the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has approved the creation of a standard for an energy efficient universal charger which will fit in all mobile phones regardless of the make or
model. This will lead to fewer phone chargers being manufactured in the future and a smaller environmental footprint (and lower production costs) for the mobile industry.
The new charger will be based on the Micro-USB format which means that you will be able to use it for every mobile you own and even charge your phone from your PC or laptop.
Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau, Malcolm Johnson said, “This is a significant step in reducing the environmental impact of charging mobiles, it also has the benefit of making the use of mobile phones more straightforward.”
Makes us wonder why Universal Chargers weren’t created a long time ago…
Alarming Number of Brits Throwing Old Mobile Phones in the Bin
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingRecent research has found that as much as 60% of people in the UK are still not recycling their old mobile phones.
The study found that the average person in the UK has around 2 old mobiles lying round their house and 7% of these will end up at landfill. 7% equates to around 5 million old phones that will end up in Britain’s landfills. Once at landfill not only will these old mobiles leak many dangerous chemicals into the soil, they will also take hundreds of years to break down. Throwing away mobiles and other electronic products is also stopping the country from reducing the size of landfill sites and hitting recycling targets.
Not only does throwing old mobiles in the bin cause damage to the environment but also will be loosing people lots of extra money. With the number of mobile recycling sites available that pay cash it’s estimated that the value of old mobiles going to landfill is around £150 Million, which is a lot of money to end up buried in the ground!
Do your bit for the environment and recycle your old mobile today.
Mobile Phone Xchange Now Offer Debenhams Gift Cards
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile Phone Xchange
Leading mobile recycling site, Mobile Phone Xchange is now offering customers an extra 10% on the value of their old phone if they opt for Debenhams vouchers instead of cash.
Mobile Phone Xchange has recently signed an exclusive deal with Debenhams to offer their gift cards instead of cash payments. Getting Debenhams gift cards could make Christmas very cheap for many people with old phones to recycle.
Mobile Phone Xchange already offers the highest prices on many mobile phone models so an extra 10% could make them a great choice.
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Which Mobile Recycling Sites Pay with High Street Vouchers
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingRather than selling your old mobile for cash some recycling sites will offer high street vouchers as an alternative method of payment. By accepting shopping vouchers rather than cash you will receive a slightly higher value for your old handset. The mobile recycling sites that will pay in vouchers are as follows:
Envirofone – By selecting to be paid via Argos vouchers you will receive an extra 10% on the standard price.
Mopay – You can choose M&S vouchers, Arcadia gift cards or WE7 music credit for your old phone instead of cash.
Boots Recycle – Offers Boots Advantage card points in exchange for selling your old mobile phone.
Mobile Phone Xchange – Up to 10% extra on the cash value if selling by Argos vouchers or Debenhams gift card
All the other mobile recycling sites offer cash only payments which is either sent by cheque or Bank Transfer.
New Mobile Phone Solar Bag Targets ‘Green’ Mobile Users
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
Mobile phone users that are looking to help the environment and keep their mobiles on full power on the move will welcome the launch of the new solar bags from G24 Innovations.
Solar bags will be equipped with the latest technology that allows electronic products to be charged using energy from the sun’s rays. The bag will look like a travel holdall and on the sides will be a solar panel.
The electrical components for the bag will be made in Cardiff and the bag itself will be put together by Mascotte Holdings in Hong Kong.
The latest mobile phone from LG, the LG Pop will also come with a solar panel that will give just over 2 minutes of talk time after being in sun light for 10 minutes.
Old Sony Ericsson Components Used in Toys and Medical Equipment
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingOld components from Sony Ericsson phones are too be used in consumer goods, medical equipment and even children’s toys in new scheme.
Technology companies are realising that it is much more cost effective to use components from old phones than buy them, themselves. As Sony Ericsson is now collecting so many old mobiles it is easy for them to sell the old components to companies for re-use. Components that could be bought from old phones include colour screens, cameras and touch screens.
The new component reuse scheme is part of a massive environmental push by the mobile giant which includes the launch of their new ‘green’ handset the Sony Ericsson Naite.
The Naite is made of recycled plastics, comes in reduced packaging, the manual is built into the phone and it uses lower power consumption.
LG Releases their ‘Greenest’ handset ever
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
The latest release from LG, the LG Pop (GD510) includes many ‘green’ features that have been designed to help save energy and the environment.
The battery cover on the LG Pop has solar panels which when put under the sun’s rays for 10 minutes will charge it and provide 2 minutes and 15 seconds talk time or 3 hours of stand by time.
LG have also preinstalled applications called ‘Eco-tree’ and ‘Eco-calculator’ which will let users of the new handset see how many CO2 emissions they have saved by walking or taking the bus rather than driving every day.
Other features on the LG Pop include TFT touchscreen, 3 mega pixel camera, video recording, Bluetooth, stereo FM radio and MicroSD slot.
4.6 Billion People Worldwide will own a mobile Phone by the End of 2009
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingAccording to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) if growth continues at its current rate then by the end of 2009 over 4.6 billion people worldwide will own a mobile phone.
The latest ITU figures show that as mobile phone technologies get better many more people around the world are getting a mobile phone. Over a quarter of the world’s population now own a mobile which includes many people in developing countries.
People are also taking mobile broadband at faster rates than ever before which will expect to reach 600 million by the end of the year and up to a billion by 2013. This means that despite hard time, people are still buying or upgrading to the latest products.
With all the mobile phones in the world many people are still disposing of their old ones incorrectly. Do your bit for the environment and recycle your mobile today.
O2 Launch First Green Handset – Sony Ericsson Naite
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
O2 have launched their first eco friendly mobile on their network, the Sony Ericsson Naite on both pay as you go and pay monthly tariffs.
The Naite is part of Sony Ericsson’s new Greenheart series and is made of recycled and recyclable plastics. It also comes in reduced packaging, an e-manual rather than paper and uses lower power consumption. The O2 Naite also has green applications pre-installed including a carbon footprint calculator and an Ecomate application which shows people how to make greener choices in their everyday tasks.
Other features on the Naite include a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Radio, 2.2 inch LCD display, 100 MB internal memory and a microSD card slot.
Also if you purchase this handset on O2 they will give you a £150 eco friendly gift which you can choose from an overnight stay in an eco friendly hotel, education funding for a year for a child in Bangladesh, a hamper of ‘green’ food or tree planting in Ethiopia. All gifts can be claimed online after purchase in order to save more paper.
Envirofone Introduces Courier Collection for Recycling 4 or more Old Phones
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Envirofone
With Christmas approaching quickly and everyone looking for ways to make some fast cash, now would be a great time to dig out your old mobile phones. If you can dig out 4 or more phones or your friends have some, send them all into Envirofone and you will get a free courier collection.
With Royal Mail planning a possible November or even Christmas postal strike what better way to beat it than sending your old handsets in via a free courier. Simply follow the normal procedure for selling your phone and if you are sending 4 or more phones you will be given the option to request a courier collection. An Envirofone customer service agent will then contact you to arrange a date and time, its as easy as that!
Envirofone are one of the UK’s leading mobile recycling sites having paid out over £20 million to their customers.
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Mobile Phones are the Fastest Growing Sector Online
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile PhonesA recent study performed by The Neilson Company has found which online sectors have experienced the biggest growth in the number of UK visitors over the last year. Mobile phone and mobile phone recycling sites are the fastest growing with an increase of 58% from July 2008 to July 2009.
The mobile phone sector has been significantly boosted by services offering users the chance to recycle their old phones for cash. In the period July 2008 to July 2009, Envirofone has experienced a 429% increase in unique UK visitors to 616,000 and Mazuma increased by 357% to over 400,000 unique visitors.
In the mobile phone sector another huge increase was seen by 118-800, the directory service containing millions of UK mobile numbers. The 118-800 site launched in June 2009 but in July it was the 111th most visited website in the UK.
Other sectors in the report that experienced huge growth on the Internet included food and cooking with a 56% increase, coupons and rewards went up 55%, Insurance was up 53% and Car manufacturers, parts and accessories was up by 44%.
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