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Are any/all of the phone recycling sites actually good?

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Islay

Joined: 11 Aug 2009
Posts: 38
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 6:25 am Post subject: Are any/all of the phone recycling sites actually good?

I mean, are we fairly confident that the phones are being reused/recycled as they state on their website?

I'm looking particularly at envirophone to get rid of my old mobile, having finally upgraded, and I can only assume that they must recycle pretty effectively, as there's no other earthly reason why they'd be prepared to give me £40 for my old phone, but I was just wondering if anyone had any positive/negative stories about these kinds of websites?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 6:31 am Post subject:
Cathryn's daughter is going out to Kenya to volunteer at the orphanage that Minamoo's family run soon. She is taking old phones with her as they can be mended and reused over there - and you certainly be sure they are going straight to where they are needed!

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 8:23 am Post subject:
If you have a phone and remove the SIM, how much information is kept on the phone? Could there potentially be sensitive information in the phone rather than the SIM? Just wondered as Mrs JB acquired my last phone when her's broke and even with swapping the SIMs she ended up with a large amount of my contact list.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 8:51 am Post subject:
Varies from phone to phone. Certainly there's memory on the handset, so data (texts, numbers, contacts, etc) will remain on the phone unless you move it to the SIM memory. It'll probably remain on the phone, even if moved, but I suspect it's a wee bit harder to retrieve.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 10:55 am Post subject:
You can clear the onboard memory given a bit of time. I assume that it's probably still retrievable if someone really wants to though, most deleted stuff is.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:02 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Cathryn's daughter is going out to Kenya to volunteer at the orphanage that Minamoo's family run soon. She is taking old phones with her as they can be mended and reused over there - and you certainly be sure they are going straight to where they are needed!

Is she actively collecting old phones? I have a couple here in the "waiting for recycling" corner.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:27 am Post subject:
She is going to pack her rucksack and see how many more she can fit in. So I could let you know?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:38 am Post subject:
Okey doke. Not a problem if she can't fit them in - it would just be nice to help Mina's orphanage.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:38 am Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

She is going to pack her rucksack and see how many more she can fit in. So I could let you know?

Tell me she's not going to try and take 35 cell phones as hand luggage. Please tell me this.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:54 am Post subject:
I'd say that if your phone is worth £40 to a recycling service, then it didn't need upgrading . My old phone was worth nothing when I "upgraded" to Tittch's cast-off (and I only changed it then, because the battery was failing) .

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:57 am Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

She is going to pack her rucksack and see how many more she can fit in. So I could let you know?

Tell me she's not going to try and take 35 cell phones as hand luggage. Please tell me this.

She says she needs room for her clothes. I've told her not to worry as she will need to buy more respectable ones out there in any case and some new lugage to carry everyone's Christmas presents back in.

I must contact Mina and discuss dates. When does her honeymoon finish? My impression is not for a long long time.

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