Each year, over 100 million mobile phones are thrown away in Europe alone. Most are simply discarded, sent back to dealers, left lying around in drawers and cupboards gathering dust, or worse, cluttering up landfills. A dead mobile phone is no use to anyone, but with envirophone, it gets to go to mobile heaven...
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This new mobile recycling scheme that lets you trade in your phone for either cash or Argos credits. The site makes it easy to find out what your handset is worth, as you simply select the model from a drop-down list, then get an instant rundown of its value on pounds, enviropoints (that can be saved to get more credit each time you recycle) or Argos points. For example, my moribund Sony Ericsson W700i would fetch 331 enviro points, £38 or £44 to spend in Argos. Like many people, I'd never looked into this before, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I'd get back, and it's all incredibly effortless. It's also a great way to donate to charity, as you can select a cause of your choice during the online transaction. So dig out those dusty old handsets today, and get trading!
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