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Compare and Recycle Featured on The Gadget Show

Monday, March 21st, 2011

The Gadget ShowWith mobile phone recycling becoming big business and the number of recycling companies growing all the time finding the best deal is becoming more important. Comparing mobile recycling companies side by side is one of the best ways to find the top price quickly and easily.

Mobile phone recycling comparison sites have not only made it easier to get the best deals but help to ensure recycling companies offer competitive prices rather than well known companies who would otherwise not need to be competitive offering below average prices for phones.

Back in February Channel 5′s The Gadget Show featured Compare and Recycle in a feature on selling old gadgets for cash and we’re happy to say that by using the site Suzi Perry managed to make the most profit by using us! You can see the video for yourself below and hear what Suzi thinks of the site.

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Recycle Your CDs, DVDs and Games for Cash!

Friday, February 11th, 2011

With more and more of us making the switch to digital downloads rather than buying CDs or DVDs all those discs we have cluttering up our homes are becoming less necessary. By now you’ve probably got all your favourite music on your iPod and prefer to buy movies digitally or even stream them directly from the web and your old CDs and DVDs just don’t get used any more.

Selling CDs and DVDs on a site such as eBay is often not worth the bother unless you have any particularly rare or valuable items and who would want to take pictures and create listings for hundreds of old discs anyway? Luckily recyclers are now offering a quick and easy solution for getting rid of all your old discs and making a bit of money too!

Companies such as Music Magpie will happily pay for all your old CDs, DVDs and Games and they’ve even got some great features such as a webcam barcode scanner to make the process even easier. Selling those unwanted audio CDs and DVD movies to a recycler is a quick, easy and stress-free way to sell all those unwanted discs, they’ll even pay for your postage!

When it comes to games we all know that this month’s top title will be in the bargain bin next month and trade-ins are becoming a popular way to lower the cost of buying the latest titles. Recyclers such as Music Magpie offer competitive prices for recent titles and although prices are lower for old titles it’s still a great way to have a clear old and get rid of some clutter. Recycling CDs, DVDs and Games is better for the environment than throwing them out too!

Head over to our CDs, DVDs and Games Recycling section to sell your old discs for cash!

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Did you get a new mobile for Christmas? Sell your old one to a mobile recycler!

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

While not everyone enjoys the festive period there’s one thing that it’s fair to say we all love, the gifts we receive! There may be the odd disappointment, but for every pair of socks there’s a DVD you’ve been wanting all year. Each year however some are lucky enough to get their hands on a new mobile for Christmas.

The best thing about getting a new mobile phone for Christmas is that in many cases it’s actually two gifts in one. You may not understand how that’s possible but the reason is simple, now that you have a new mobile you can sell your old handset to a mobile phone recycling site for cash! That means not only do you have a brand new, shiny phone but you can get some spending money for the sales too by selling your old model!

Even if your new mobile was to replace a broken phone you can still sell the non-working handset and depending what’s wrong with it you can sometimes get almost as much as a you would for a working phone. Of course if you’re going to sell your old phone to a mobile recycler then you’ll want to make sure you’re getting the best price, that’s where a mobile phone recycling price comparison site such as Compare and Recycle comes in very handy.

Just enter your make and model and within seconds you’ll be able to see all the best deals on offer from over 30 of the top mobile phone recycling companies. It’s not just the best prices either, Compare and Recycle will tell you who offers free postage, free packaging, which accessories you’ll need to send and how long payment is expected to take. Many popular models are worth at least £80 so it’s well worth seeing how much you can get for your old mobile.

Even if you didn’t get a new phone for Christmas chances are you have an old mobile around the house somewhere, after all it’s estimated over 60% of us have at least one old handset. So if you’re looking for a New Year’s Resolution here’s one for you, clear out all those cupboards and drawers and pop your old mobiles in the post to a mobile recycler, you’ll be helping the environment and making yourself a bit of money too!

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Mobile Recycling Advice – Take care when posting your old handset to a mobile recycling company!

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

While the vast majority of people have positive experiences when using a mobile recycling company there will always be the odd occasion when things don’t go quite to plan. Unfortunately one of the most common problems we hear of is a phone not reaching a recycler in the first place.

Many mobile phone recycling companies offer not only free postage when sending you a phone but they’ll even send you an envelope to put your old mobile in. This is a great service and it makes selling your old handset to a mobile recycler even easier, but unfortunately the postal service isn’t always reliable.

Most of the phones sent to mobile recyclers arrive without any problems but we strongly recommend that when sending a high value mobile you post it by Special Delivery. By sending your handset by Special Delivery you are able to track the order and if it goes missing in the post or is damaged then you will be able to claim compensation for the value of the phone. Special Delivery will cost a little bit more, but if you’re selling a high value handset such as an iPhone then it’s better to lose a few pounds rather than risk losing more than £100.

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Not Sure Which Mobile Phone Recycling Company To Use? Check Our Reviews Forum!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Here at Compare and Recycle our goal is to find you the very best deal when recycling your old mobile phone, and that doesn’t always just mean finding you the best price for an old mobile phone. While we provide useful information such as which companies offer free postage, free packaging and available payment methods, often the most valuable information when choosing a recycler is the experience had by other users.

Since reading feedback from other users is so vital when choosing which mobile phone recycling company to use we provide a customer feedback forum where you are able to discuss your experiences, ask any questions and try to resolve any issues you may have. The best part is we have many of the recyclers compared on the site actually contributing to the forum, both keeping you up to date with the latest news and responding to your feedback. All of our recommended recyclers are required to contribute to the forum and respond to customer issues.

We’ve found that one of the most problematic things about gathering feedback from customers is that while those who have had a bad experience are more than happy to tell us about it, those who had great service aren’t quite as vocal about their experience. For this reason you may find that some companies may receive very little feedback even if they are providing a good service to a high volume of customers. We have a reviews section for every company we compare including Mazuma Mobile Reviews, Envirofone Reviews, Fonebank Reviews, Mobile Phone Xchange Reviews, Mopay Reviews and Phone Recycle Bank Reviews.

So if you’re looking for some mobile phone recycler reviews in order to make you mind up head over to our forum to see what other people are saying. Sometimes the best judge of a good company is how well they deal with any problems their customers have, so take a good look at how some of these companies are trying to help customers who have had a problem. We hope that you will find the information provided by other users very helpful and we encourage you to join in by posting a review of a company after you have used them.

Tags: mobile recycling advice, reviews

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It really does pay to be green!

Friday, November 19th, 2010

There probably aren’t too many people who will say that recycling is not a good thing, but many of us are put off by the effort it sometimes takes in order to recycle our waste. Most of us are now able to put glass bottles, tin cans and paper into recycling bins that go out just like our normal refuse but for things such as electronics being green still means a trip to your local recycling centre.

Luckily things are changing, for items such as old mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and MP3 players recycling is becoming much more of a pain-free process. The emergence of mobile phone recycling companies for example means that recycling an old mobile phone has gone from being a chore to actually making you money! Things couldn’t get much better, not only will these companies make recycling easier than ever but they’ll even send some cash your way just for doing the environmentally friendly thing. That’s right, you can sell an old mobile phone for cash while helping the environment at the same time.

Lets be honest though, while a few pounds for an ancient Nokia 3310 might be a nice bonus when getting rid of it, we all still want to get the best deal we can. This is especially true if your old mobile happens to be a model that is still worth a few quid such as an iPhone. So how do you know who gives the best price for your old mobile phone? Well you have two options, you could manually check the prices offered by each recycler, although considering there are over 30 this could take quite a bit of time. Your other option is to just visit Compare and Recycle, who will compare the prices offered by all the top recycling companies for you and tell you the most cash offered for your old mobile.

Compare and Recycle will do much more than just tell you how much money you can get though, they’ll give you information such as who offers free postage, free packaging, your payment options and which accessories the different companies require you to send with your old phone. If that wasn’t enough Compare and Recycle even have a forum where you can share your experiences using each of the recyclers and read other users’ mobile phone recycler reviews so you’ll know who you can and cannot trust, many of the recyclers compared even visit the forum and will respond to any questions or problems you may have.

So now you know how easy it is to recycle an old phone there’s no excuse. Dig through those drawers and get those old handsets on their way to a mobile phone recycling company, helping the environment and getting some cash in your pocket at the same time! Don’t forget, it’s not just mobiles either, you can recycle old laptops, MP3 players and digital cameras too!

Tags: mobile phone recycling

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Need some extra money towards Christmas presents? Recycle your old mobiles!

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Love it or hate it, it’s almost that time of year again. Christmas itself may still be over a month away but as many hardened shoppers know, you need to start buying presents early if you are to have any hope of beating the rush. High street shops may not get quite as packed as they used to but even if you have made the switch to online shopping you’ll still need to get shopping early if you want to make sure your gifts arrive in time for Christmas Day.

While cashback sites, voucher codes and advice sites like Money Saving Expert may help you get the best bang for your buck you still need the money to buy presents in the first place. Saving for Christmas has never been easy but with the economy in such a state the last couple of Christmases have been harder than ever for most gift buyers.

Here at Compare and Recycle we’re happy to share a little secret, recycling your old mobile phone may provide some extra cash to go towards this years gift buying. It is believed around two thirds of us have at least one old, unused mobile phone and a significant number of us actually have a few or more unused handsets. These old mobiles are actually worth money and mobile phone recycling companies are happy to pay you cash for your old mobile phones.

You’ve probably heard about mobile recycling, after all companies such as Mazuma and Envirofone have extensive TV advertising campaigns. What you may not know is that here at Compare and Recycle we compare the top mobile phone recycling companies and get you the best possible price for your old mobile phone. It doesn’t matter if it’s a battered old Nokia or a recent model such as an iPhone that you don’t want any more, almost any old mobile has some kind of cash value.

The difference in prices offered by recyclers can sometimes be very significant too. When we recently took at look at the difference in prices offered by recycling companies we found that across the top 6 most popular recycled phones at the time the average amount you could gain by comparing recyclers was over £40. The average top price across our top 6 most popular recycled phones at the time of writing is just under £120, just think what a difference that would make to your Christmas shopping budget!

Recycling you mobile is quick and easy, most recyclers will send you an envelope to pop your old handset in and they’ll usually even pay for postage too. Even if your old mobile doesn’t have a high value, mobile recycling is an environmentally friendly way to dispose of your old handset and at least you’ll get a little bit of cash for it in the process. Some recyclers even offer a higher value if you want to be paid in vouchers for a top retailer such as Argos, perfect for your Christmas shopping!

Getting a price and recycling your mobile couldn’t be easier. Just head over to the mobile phone recycling section and search for your model and we’ll find you the top prices for your old mobile phone, you can then head over to the recycler site that offers the best deal for you and then all you need to do is pop your phone in the post and wait for your cash!

Tags: christmas, mobile recycling

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Facebook App Gets You More Mazuma By Far

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Facebook fans all over are getting loads more cash for their old mobile phones by taking advantage of a brilliant new App that has been developed by those clever guys at www.CompareandRecycle.co.uk

All they are doing is going to the Compare and Recycle Facebook fan page and using a clever comparison tool to find all the top prices that are on offer for their old phones.

So much for recycling your old phone with Mazuma, Facebook fans are finding that they can get loads more cash so easily just by typing in their phone make and model.

The App compares over 25 top recyclers and brings them the best prices and top recommended recyclers.

Comparing the Nokia N97 today, we found a massive difference between what Mazuma paid and what the top recommended recycler paid.

Facebook fans made an additional £31 by using the Compare and Recycle Facebook App. That’s a full 26% extra cash which is a fairly typical example of the added value they get for a couple of minutes work.

Mazuma are quite rightly the number one recycler because they spend so much on television advertising which means we have all heard of them but its a little known fact that they hardly ever pay the most cash for your old phone.

Compare and Recycle’s clever Facebook Fans know this and always go to the Facebook App before trading in their old phones for the top price.

Tags: app, facebook, mazuma

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Reasons to recycle your old mobile phones and electronic goods

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Don't let your old electronics become part of this.

In this article guest writer Ade Gbenjo will try and cover some of the questions that you may have about recycling through the http://www.compareandrecycle.co.uk website, and will try and give you some answers that we hope will help to further prevent the unnecessary damage caused by improperly disposing of e-waste.

Why would I consider recycling over selling my goods somewhere local?

When we look back at some of our used goods it’s easy to recall how much we’ve spent on some of them and that simply disposing it or throwing it away is too much hassle, thus generally the only alternatives are to give them away or selling them on. Of course now there are companies willing to buy your used goods including mobile phones, games consoles, laptops, digital cameras, mp3 players and other such disposables that could potentially be threatening to the environment. So now you can not only do your good deed for the day and profit from it too!. It’s not just for cash either, generally the credit value is a lot higher than the cash value too, as a result trading in mobile phones and games consoles in order to finance an upgrade is now becoming a big thing.

Okay, so why are these companies suddenly interested in recyclables?

A business is a business so profit is an obvious answer. However it’s also a universal initiative to claim responsibility for waste any form of waste we produce, especially if they can potentially be hazardous to ourselves and our environment. As an example, mobile phone companies and other businesses can profit from reusing various components that were used to produce the mobile phone, and even fix them up and re-sell them.

What can they extract from recyclables that’s so useful?

Many components of old electronics can be reused, here are some of the more useful extractions:

  • Metals and semi-precious metals can be re-used for a variety of purposes.
  • Plastic can be used for multiple purposes as well as being recyclable.
  • Gold and Silver extracts are useful as conductors and can be used to create jewellery or sent to refineries.
  • Memory chips, LCD screens and speakers can sometimes be re-used in new products or used to repair old ones.
  • Games consoles are often made from high-grade plastics which can be used to create a multitude of other items, have a look at this designer chair made completely out of Playstation 2 consoles!

This chair is made from old games consoles!

I’m not really interested in gaining money to recycle, but I would like to dispose of my phone using an approved method.

Not a problem, using one of the companies featured on http://www.compareandrecycle.co.uk will ensure that you phone is disposed of in the right way. Just search for your model on the site for a list of recyclers who will happily take your old mobile and recycle it responsibly. Using one of these recycling companies is quite often the easiest way to recycle and whether you’re financially driven to recycle or not, it’s always a bonus to get some cash in the bank for doing the responsible thing.

We don’t have any choice but to start recycling more

There are a limited number of resources on our planet and without recycling our old goods we will eventually run out of the materials we need to create new ones. Large companies and governments are waking up and facing the need to recycle and many have schemes in place to reduce the amount of waste and increase the amount of recycled goods. If government targets are reached then is it hoped that landfills will be sent 65% less waste by 2015 than 20 years before in 1995, it is hoped that 67% of waste will be recovered by then and that 33% of household waste will be either recycled or composted too.

If these targets have any chance of being met then recycling needs to be normal thing to do rather than the exception, almost all of us now recycle part of our household waste yet many do not recycle the highly damaging e-waste that is produced. It’s not often you actually get paid to help the environment so dig out your old phones, mp3 players, laptops and digital cameras and get recycling them on http://www.compareandrecycle.co.uk!

Tags: cash, how to, Mobile Phones, recycling

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New Recycling Merchants Added

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Compare and Recycle is proud to announce that, as established market leaders in comparing best prices for all your valuable recyclables, we are now able to offer you three more competitive recyclers who will happily bid on your old merchandise.

Mirror Go Green will bid on mobile phones, Sat Navs, MP3 players and most notably, laptop computers, which is a brand new category on our site.

Fone Hub and Simply Recycle will bid for mobile phones, iPods and other MP3 players.

In line with our policy of finding and evaluating the best recycling merchants for you we will begin to display competitive rates from these merchants as appropriate and will begin to gather statistical performance data and reviews to establish a suitable star rating.

Sign in to the Compare and Recycle forum if you wish to review any of these new merchants.

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