what to do with used cellphones

[squeeks]

cleaning out some closets, ive found quite a few old cellphones and their accessories from the past 7-8 years, does anyone know of an address i can ship them to that will try and recycle or otherwise dispose of them correctly?

 

[soberbrain]

http://www.apple.com/environment/recycling/ipodrecycling/ipodrecyclingpage.html

 

[smwatson]

Or get paid for it.

http://www.money4urmobile.com/consumer/index.asp

 

[Lau]

Do you have a recycling collection as well as your trash/rubbish collection in the US? In the UK, you can put them in with your kerbside recycling in some areas.

 

[bengal85]

EBAY all the way man

 

[squeeks]

cool, thanks for the suggestions

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I have seen reputable charity shops - Oxfam and such - collect used cellphones, recondition them, and then recycle them in the Third World; perhaps such a scheme operates in your region. In any case, I have disposed of a number of my old cell-phones this way; environmentally, and socially such schemes can work well.

Cheers

 

[dmr727]

I'm not sure if all the stores are like this, but my local Verizon store has a cell phone drop box where the phones will either be donated, or if they're too old, recycled.