It’s that time of year and no matter how much you try and avoid the hordes of shoppers around the city or the sounds of Christmas carols blaring throughout stores, we are all inevitably bound to the silly season. That also means watching your wallet take a beating for gifts and other expenses associated with celebrating the holidays.
However, here’s a shopping tip this Christmas that can help alleviate some of your woes and expenses. Fonebank Australia, the Australasian affiliate of the international reuse; recycle company Corporate Mobile Recycling Ltd which is based in the UK with franchises around the world offers cash for old mobile phones, including smartphones and other mobile devices. Fonebank’s guaranteed 48-hour payment service means you’ll quickly have cash in your pocket to pay for gifts such as toys, clothes, and possibly a new mobile phone. Anyone fancy the iPhone 5 under their tree?
With more and more people upgrading their mobile phones each Christmas, one has to ask what happens to all the old phones. Where do they end up?
Selling your old mobile phone not only puts money back into your pockets, but significantly helps the environment. It is estimated that globally over 1.5 million tonnes of e-waste, including mobile phones, are improperly disposed of every year, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Phones that end up in landfill can cause widespread harm to the environment as toxic chemicals such as lead and mercy can seep into the soil, waterways and air.
Fonebank meets international standards to ensure phones are safely and correctly recycled. Working phones are sent away to be refurbished and re-enter developing economies in areas such as Africa, Asia and South America.
In many of these countries, fixed landlines can be expensive or are simply unavailable. Second-hand mobiles are an affordable and sustainable means of communication which help businesses to run more efficiently and families to stay in touch more easily.
Fonebank is a leader in the mobile phone recycling business and has paid out tens of millions of dollars internationally. The most popular phone models to recycle at the moment are the iPhone 3GS, Samsung Galaxy S, and BlackBerry Torch.
With around nine million new phones entering the Australian market every year, the total cash back value for used mobile phones is estimated at over 200 million dollars.
So this Christmas, get cash, do good and ho ho ho your way to a new phone.
For more information about Fonebank Australia and to find out the value of your unwanted phone visit www.fonebank.com.au
