Many of us have a drawer full of old cell phones, and a couple of old laptops in closet. Here are the best ways to recycle them, and possibly even get money.
As you're doing some spring cleaning, you may stumble on an outdated laptop at the bottom of the closet, or some old phones stashed in a junk drawer.
But instead of tossing them in the trash, there are much better options for those old devices, and some could even get you some money.But at home, Sipple said,"I have five phones, flip phones too!""It sits there, it collects dust, and then you add another and another," she said."And when you turn around you have seven phones, like I did."That's what Alex Hausfeld of uBreakiFix By Asurion refers to as the"tech graveyard," that everyone seems to have.
"That's because of the harmful chemicals that can be released into the environment whether it's burned or goes into a landfill," he said.An example, he says, is using old smartphones as security cameras.Or he says you can make anywhere from $25 to several hundred dollars if you sell a device at one of many reselling sites online. Just make sure it's wiped clean.
"We will recycle anything from phones, to old chargers, old cables, to batteries," said Mark Williams, Head of Customer Care with Samsung.When a device breaks down, Williams also suggests you repair it, rather than replace it. "If you want to stretch your dollars," he said,"you can keep your device a year or two longer by just getting it fixed and it'll perform like it did when you first got it."Carol Lawrence and Susan Sipple suggest you consider donating them, in their case to help seniors and victims of domestic violence.So recycle, sell, repair, or repurpose, and that way, you don't waste your money.
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