Sony Ericsson Release New Aspen Greenheart Mobile Phone
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile PhonesSony Ericsson has recently released a new handset in their successful eco-friendly Greenheart range, the Aspen.
The Aspen is designed for business users who want to make a green choice in their daily working life. It is made from recycled plastics, uses waterborne paints and makes use of an optimised display light sensor that allows the handset to use less energy.
The mobile phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and is the first Smartphone to use this operating system. This operating system brings new enhancements to the user interface including support for capacitive and multi touch gestures, also more finger-friendly menus and powerful productivity tools. Microsoft has also improved the web browser which will offer users a faster browsing experience and better memory management.
Other features on the Aspen include a 3.2 megapixel camera, a physical QWERTY keyboard, a 2.4 inch QVGA touchscreen and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Google Maps is pre installed and also Microsoft MyPhone which allows users to remotely erase the phone data should the phone be lost of stolen.
The Aspen will be available in some countries in the first quarter of 2010 in either black or silver.
Over Half a Million Pounds Worth of Old Phones Recycled After Christmas
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingAccording to a study carried out by a popular online mobile recycler in the period December 26th – January 15th over half a million old phones were sent in to be recycled.
This period was the most popular for phones being sent in for recycling due to many people getting new handsets for Christmas and other people purchasing new ones during the January sales.
The research also showed that every mobile that was sent in was worth an estimated £25 with many being worth much more.
The most popular phones to be recycled was the Nokia N95 8GB with the Nokia 6500 Slide and 6300 also in the top 10. There was 7 different Nokia phones in the top 10 showing that Nokia handsets tend to keep their value over other manufacturers.
It’s estimated that there are still over £1.6 billion worth of old phones sat around people’s homes and offices in the UK.
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Top 10 Most Valuable Nokia Phones on Mobile Recycling Sites
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Sell NokiaThis month is a popular time for many people to think about upgrading or purchasing a new mobile handset. With the amount of different mobile recycling sites now available it’s easy to make back some of the money you spend on the latest model by recycling the old one.
Should you be thinking of upgrading or already have to the latest Nokia phone and have an old one lying around we’ve put together a list of the top 10 most valuable so you can see how much cash you will get.
Top 10 most valuable Nokia handsets on mobile recycling sites:
1 ) Nokia N900 – £195 (Mobile Phone Xchange)
2 ) Nokia N97 – £185.10 (Phone Recycle Bank)
3 ) Nokia N97 Mini – £170.50 (Love2Recycle)
4 ) Nokia 8800 Arte – £152 (Money4urMobile)
5 ) Nokia N86 8MP – £135 (RPC Recycle)
6 ) Nokia X6 – £129 (Mobile Phone Xchange)
7 ) Nokia N95 8GB – £120 (RPC Recycle)
8 ) Nokia N96 – £118 (RPC Recycle)
9 ) Nokia 5530 Xpress Music – £100 (Mazuma)
10 ) Nokia E71 – £97 (Fonebank)
We were surprised to see almost all these Nokia phones were worth over £100 even though some are well over 18 months old. This shows that many Nokia phones and Smartphones do keep their value over time much better than other handset manufacturers, so by buying a Nokia phone you can be sure that you can sell it for a nice amount of cash once you have upgraded to the latest model.
Nokia N97 is Surprisingly Most Recycled Smartphone
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Sell Nokia
According to research carried out by a popular mobile recycling site, the Nokia N97 is the most recycled Smartphone.
The Nokia N97 was only released in November 2008 so it’s really surprising that so many are being recycled.
The N97 was the most recycled Smartphone at number 8 but the Nokia N95 8GB was rated the most recycled handset. The N95 8GB is no surprise as you can still get top prices for it on sites like RPC Recycle who are offering £119.50 or Money4urMobile who will pay you £119.01. The N95 was released back in August 2007 and many people who bought it brand new would now be out of contract and upgraded to the latest phone.
Another surprise was the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music phone which had people queuing outside shops to buy it when it was first released, this came at 6th most recycled.
All these Nokia handsets being recycled could be due to people wanting some fast cash for an expensive phone or maybe everyone is disappointed with Nokia’s recently released touchscreen phones.
Win a 5 Star Luxury Holiday to Kenya with Envirofone
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged EnvirofoneOne of the UK’s most popular recycling sites, Envirofone is offering customers a chance to win a luxury 5 star holiday to Kenya.
The prize draw includes 5 nights accommodation for 2 people at the 5 star The Sands hotel in Kenya. The winner will also get a half day trip to view the results of African offset projects in Kenya first hand.
To enter the competition all you need to do is choose to carbon offset your mobile phone when you recycle it on Envirofone by the 25th January.
Envirofone offset 9 tonnes of carbon per day by investing £1.12 of the mobile trade in price into Co2balance’s projects in Africa. The projects help prevent the release of carbon dioxide by providing families in Africa with energy efficient stoves to cook on rather than open fires. These stoves reduce the amount of firewood that is being used and save around 3 tonnes of greenhouse gas emission per year.
Recycle your old mobile at Envirofone here
Mobile Phone Xchange Pays Highest Cash Prices for iPhones
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile Phone XchangeMobile Phone Xchange have recently carried out research that shows they are paying the highest prices for many iPhone models in compassion to other online mobile phone recyclers.
The research showed that for an Apple iPhone 3G 16GB you could get £198 in cash from Mobile Phone Exchange, where as you would only get around £180 average from their main competitors. The company also offers higher prices for the iPhone 8GB and the iPhone 3GS 32GB amongst many other models.
These high prices are great news for iPhone users who have recently joined Vodafone to get the iPhone 3G or 3GS that has just launched; many people may therefore have an old iPhone model to sell.
Mobile Phone Xchange constantly monitors prices across all mobile phone models in order to offer their users the highest prices. If you opt to be paid in Debenhams vouchers you will get up to an extra 15% on the standard cash price.
Sell your mobile or iPhone at Mobile Phone Xchange here
New Coca-Cola Powered Mobile Phone to Replace Batteries
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
Mobile phone batteries and chargers could soon be a thing of the past thanks to Chinese designer, Daizi Zheng who has produced a concept mobile phone that is powered by Coca-Cola.
Daizi Zheng came up with the idea for the ‘greenphone’ as part of her final university project.
According to Ms Zheng the prototype can run up to 4 times longer than a standard lithium battery and has the potential to be completely biodegradable.
The eco-friendly mobile phone’s battery generates electricity using enzymes to catalyse sugar in the drink. As the battery runs out all that is left is water and oxygen.
The new phone was originally developed for Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia but it was decided that the phone is too futuristic so will not be out any time soon. Bio batteries are currently being developed by electronics manufacturers and may hit the shops within the next 5 years.
Simply Drop off your Old Mobile Phones for Cash Payments with Royal Mail
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Simply Drop
Simply Drop is a new recycling scheme that has recently been launched by Royal Mail. It was initially trialled in London before being rolled out to the rest of the UK.
Simply Drop is in partnership with the Recycle for London team and the Met Police National Phone Crime Unit, as well as several other organisations and charities.
The new recycling scheme allows consumers to send in old mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras and ink cartridges in return for either cash or a donation to 1 of 5 UK charities including Barnardo’s. Users can be paid their money by either postal order, Paypal or by visiting their nearest Post Office and collecting the cash in person.
Matthew Neilson of Royal Mail Simply drop said, “This is an initiative of huge importance to us and we are very happy to have the backing of Recycle for London. We expect this will also be a great fundraising stream for Barnardo’s and all the other charities involved.”
Recycle your old mobile phone at Simply Drop here
Samsung Aims to Recycle 1 Million Mobile Phones in US by End of Year
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingLeading electronics manufacturer, Samsung has recently announced their new March for a Million Phones program at the CES event in Las Vegas.
The new program’s aim is to recycle 1 million mobiles handsets in the USA by the end of 2010. The new scheme encourages the recycling of any manufacturer not just Samsung.
In order to help hit their target Samsung’s new recycling program will be featuring on major sponsorships and will be offering education on recycling to pupils in schools around the US.
Old mobile handsets can be dropped off in recycling bins at events being held by Samsung and sponsored events. The company will also provide recycling bags and envelopes to their customers.
UK residents sell your old mobile here
Mopay Launches iPod Recycling Service
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mopay
Leading mobile recycling site, Mopay has launched a new iPod recycling service from their website this week.
The new iPod recycling service has been launched in an effort to further reduce the UK’s growing e-waste problem and add more value to visitors recycling on their site.
Customers recycling their iPods at Mopay will be paid from £2.50 to £60 and can send in any models ranging from the earliest iPod Classic up to the current iPod Touch.
Marketing Director, Simon Walsh said “The recent introduction of iPod recycling on Mopay is another great offering for the public. As technology is rapidly improving many people are looking to get the latest gadgets. Our new service aims to recoup the idle devices and reward people generously for them.”
This exciting new service comes for Mopay as they enter their 5th year of operation.
Recycle your old mobile or iPod at Mopay here
Big Increase in Mobile Recycling Rates Expected in 2010
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingRecent research has found that mobile recycling in the UK is set to increase at a faster rate than ever before in 2010.
When it was revealed last year that over 90 million old mobile phones are sat unused around people’s homes and a further 3 million people were upgrading their phones every year, many businesses took notice. The business community released that there is a lot of money to made by recycling and reusing old mobile phones.
This has led to a massive rise in the number of websites offering mobile recycling services to consumers in exchange for cash. The newest mobile recycling sites to appear online include Phone Recycle Bank and RPC Recycle as well as many others.
In the last year many mobile phone drop off points have also appeared in local communities where old handsets can be donated to help charities or just disposed of correctly. Studies have found that the majority of people will only recycle if there is some form of incentive on offer so by offering cash or shopping vouchers, online mobile recyclers have been able to massively increase the amount of unwanted handsets that are being sent in to them.
Other electronic devices that have seen a recent increase in recycling rates include games consoles, digital cameras and MP3 players. These goods can be recycled using popular recycling sites, Mobile Phone Xchange or Greentec.
Ring Ring Kerching – Get the Love2Recycle Bug Today
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Love2RecycleDo you love the earth, love cash and love getting new stuff? Then its time you got the Love2Recycle bug.
Mobile recycler, Love2Recycle now features Ernesto the Lovebug on their website and in a recently released TV advert that hit screens from December 21st 2009.
Ernesto the crazy red Lovebug wants to search through your cupboards, wardrobes and even down the back of the sofa to find all those forgotten mobiles to turn them into cash that can be spent on stuff that you love.
The new multi million pound advertising campaign is aiming to build awareness and a marketing push for the Love2Recycle site. It’s expected that the new campaign will deliver as much entertainment as it does response.
Sell your Old Mobile at Love2Recycle here
New Battery Legislation Comes into Effect
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged environmentNew Legislation to ensure all battery retailers that sell over 32kg of batteries per year provide collection and recycling facilities comes into effect this month. The new rules will help deal with the hundreds of tonnes used batteries that are polluting Britain’s landfill sites every year.
For consumers, all batteries from AA to mobile phone batteries must be separated from household rubbish and disposed of correctly in designated recycling bins in shops or other recycling points. In the near future it’s also expected that battery pickups will become available to consumers on kerbside collections.
Any retailer selling more than 32kg of batteries per year will have to provide a collection, recycling service and disposal of old batteries, this is the equivalent of 1 pack of 4 AA batteries per day.
The new rules are created to deal with the 800,000 tonnes of car batteries, 160,000 tonnes of consumer batteries and 190,000 tonnes of industrial batteries that are sold in the EU each year. When batteries are dumped and are burned they contribute to air pollution and at landfill the metals leach into the soil.
Updated 26th Jan 10
Free Electronic Recycling Offered at Currys
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Recycling
Many people would have found an electronic device such as a mobile phone, iPod, MP3 player or games console under their Christmas tree this year. Its actually estimated that 40% of British people get an electronic device for Christmas which is leaving millions of old devices sat in the back of drawers unused and unwanted.
As there are millions of unwanted devices knocking about people’s homes and many are making their way to landfill, it has led to the UK government putting pressure on retailers to offer consumers a way to recycle their unwanted goods.
Curry’s is the only nationwide electrical retailer to come up with a solution to the electronic waste problem and is now offering all customers free collection and recycling of old electronic products.
If you order a new TV or home appliance, Curry’s will take away the old one and recycle it correctly when delivering the new one. Other small electrical appliance can be taken in store for recycling even if you didn’t purchase it from Curry’s in the first place.
If you are not planning to purchase a new product from Curry’s you can recycle old digital camera, games consoles, MP3 players and iPods at Recycling for Cash.
If you have an old mobile phone it can be recycled online for cash at popular mobile recycling sites including Mobile Phone Xchange, Mopay or Greentec.
Green Mobile Phone Manufacturers Need More Recycled Handsets
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco FriendlyMobile phones are one of the most widely used electronic devices of this century. Many people will not leave the house without carrying their phone and feel helpless without it.
As technology changes rapidly, more people are upgrading to the latest model at a much quicker rate meaning there are millions of old mobile phones still lying around in people’s drawers, many of which will be thrown in the bin and eventually find their way to landfill.
In order to try and solve this problem many mobile phone manufacturers are offering their own schemes to increase recycling rates. There are also many mobile phone recycling sites such as Envirofone, Phone Recycle Bank and Fonebank that will buy old mobiles off consumers in return for a cash payment.
Not only are mobile phone manufacturers offering recycling schemes but they are also starting to produce green mobiles such as the Sony Ericsson Greenheart range. These green mobile phones are much friendlier to the environment as they use recycled parts and batteries that do not contain corrosive materials.
Manufacturers of green mobiles are now saying that if recycling rates do not increase around the world there will not be enough parts available for them to mass produce these eco-friendly phones. This is another reason why it is so important to recycle your old and unwanted mobile phones.
Recycle your old mobile phones for cash here
Mobile Phone Xchange offer M&S Vouchers in Exclusive Deal
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mobile Phone Xchange
One of the UK’s leading mobile phone recyclers, Mobile Phone Xchange has recently secured an exclusive deal with M&S to offer their vouchers when people recycle their old mobile phones with them.
Mobile Phone Xchange already offer some of the highest prices across many handset models. They currently offer payment in cash, Argos and Debenhams vouchers so the addition of M&S vouchers gives consumers more choice when selling their mobiles online.
By selecting to receive M&S vouchers instead of cash, Mobile Phone Xchange customers will get an extra 15% on the cash value for their old handsets. By selecting M&S vouchers a Nokia N95 8GB could be sold for £129 compared to the cash price of £114, so the vouchers are well worth getting.
In other news from the company, Mobile Phone Exchange has also recently announced that other electronic devices such as mp3 players, iPods, games consoles and digital cameras can now be recycled for cash or vouchers on their site.
Recycle your old Mobile or other electronic device at Mobile Phone Xchange here
Music Magpie Pays Out £3 Million since Launching in 2008
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Music MagpieMusic Magpie, the UK’s only recycling site for DVDs, CDs and Games has recently announced that since launching in 2008 they have paid out a massive £3 million to their users.
The company, who have seen major growth this year, has paid out £2 million to users for recycling their old media in the last 6 months alone. Turnover next year is expected to rise to between £5 million and £8 million.
Music Magpie was founded in 2008 by former Music Zone MD, Steve Oliver. At launch they only dealt with CDs and had only 4 staff. Now Music Magpie employs over 100 staff and receives thousands of visitors per day to their website from consumers looking to sell their unwanted CDs, DVDs and Console games to earn some money.
Recycle your old CDs, DVD and Games at Music Magpie here
Remember to Recycle at Christmas
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingIt is especially important for people to consider their environmental impact at this festive time of year, when recent studies have shown that UK householders throw away over 15% more waste than at any other time of the year.
Its become second nature that most people recycle their old cardboard boxes, wrapping paper and Christmas cards but people are still unaware that they can do the same with old or unwanted electrical products.
Old mobile phones and other items such as MP3 players, iPods, cameras and games consoles can now be recycled online for cash payments at popular recycling sites, Mobile Phone Xchange or Greentec. So remember once you have written your thank you letter to Father Christmas, make sure you get your old electrical items in the post not only to help the environment but to get some extra cash for the January sales.
Other electrical items can also be handed in at local council recycling centres to be disposed of correctly.
Sony Ericsson Releases 2 New Eco Friendly Feature Phones
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Eco Friendly
Sony Ericsson has recently released 2 new eco friendly handsets to their Greenheart range, the Elm and the Hazel.
Both the phones are made from 50% recycled plastic and are completely free from hazardous chemicals. They both have an e-manual rather than a paper manual and the chargers use less power than standard chargers. Even the packaging is eco-friendly thanks to the minimal design.
Unlike other green handsets, the great thing about the Elm and Hazel is that they offer people a green choice without compromising on the amount of features. Features on the two phones include GPS, a 5mp camera, duel band 3G, 280mb internal memory, microSD card slot, 2.6 inch screen on the Hazel and 2.2 inch screen on the ELM. The Elm is a candy bar design and the Hazel is a slide phone.
Sony Ericsson are expected to release many more green handsets like these in 2010 and have recently announced that they will make their entire range of accessories eco-friendly, with 100% Greenheart compliance by 2011.
No One wants to Recycle their Old Mobiles without an Incentive
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged environmentA recent survey carried out in the USA has found that although people want to do their bit for the environment they are unwilling to recycle old mobile phones without some sort of incentive.
In the survey of 1000 people, 98% would not be prepared to send an old mobile in for recycling without cash or shopping vouchers in return.
According to Nokia it’s not just US citizens who will not recycle without an incentive but people worldwide. Communications manager at Nokia, Saara Tahvanainen said “We’ve noticed that offering a reward increases the chances of people bringing back their old mobiles, even if the incentive is giving money to charity interest increase.”
A recent survey carried out in the UK found that mobile recycling related searches have risen almost 200% in the last 12 month which is due to the number of sites offering cash for old mobiles.
It appears as though simply asking people to recycle is no longer enough to stop old mobile phones from ending up at landfill.
Recycle your old phone for cash today