A blog all about cell phones!

Don’t know what to do with your used cell phones? Do you have several generations of used cell phones sitting in a closet? Don’t throw your used cell phones away! Re-purposing used cell phones is the best option, keeping them out of landfills.

There are many charities that take used cell phones. You can find a local charity that you want to support by donating your used cell phones, or you can choose from this selection of national ones:

• By donating your used cell phones to Shelter Alliance, you help raise funds to aid victims of domestic abuse.
• Cell Phones for Soldiers uses used cell phones to raise money for calling cards and cell phones for soldiers so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones.
• Phones for Haiti donates money from the used cell phones it collects, as well as the used cell phones themselves, to support Haiti relief through the Red Cross.
• There are also organizations that use the 911 function of used cell phones (which works even if the phone is not on any network) to give the poor, domestic abuse victims, the elderly, and others in situations where they lack power the ability to call for help.

You can also sell your used cell phones so that they can be refurbished and resold. Not only does this help keep them out of landfills, but it helps you to keep up with having the newest, trendiest phones, and hey, while your at it, why not pick up a refurbished cell phone, like an unlocked HTC Dash, for yourself? They’re often like new, and not only are you choosing to keep that refurbished cell phone out of a landfill, and saving money, you’re getting a product that comes with considerably less plastic packaging (trash).

Finally, if your used cell phones are too old or broken to be re-purposed, make sure to recycle them. Recycling keeps the toxic contents of used cell phones out of landfills, and allows some of the metal contents to be reused, saving resources.