With over 20 million mobile phones being upgraded in the UK this year alone, the need to recycle mobiles is ever increasing. We estimate each UK household is home to 4 (or more) tired, unused mobile phones - over 50 million phones nationwide! When upgrading, rejected phones will often be left in the back of a drawer. Each day phones like these value depreciate until they become completely worthless. At this point they are likely to be thrown away and end up in a landfill. Mobile phones contain materials which can be harmful to the environment.
Mazuma Mobile has set out to make it more appealing to recycle mobiles at point of upgrade in order to prevent handsets being disregarded and becoming a waste issue. This has been achieved by making it quick, easy and very rewarding to recycle mobiles. Mazuma Mobile's online recycle mobile scheme allows users to find out how much their old phone is worth within seconds. Users can then place an order to recycle their mobile(s) by entering their details. Customers are then paid within 7 days of receipt of phone(s).
Mazuma Mobile believe REUSE is a key aspect of RECYCLING, so redundant phones collected through this scheme are processed and then reused in developing markets such as China, Africa, Pakistan and India. Another good thing as these phones help in improving and developing communications in these economies.
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