Old Cell Phones

[Go Cat Go!!]

Help - I have 3 old cell phones I need to get rid of. Is there a specific method to throwing these away. They are all functional btw. I just don't use them. I read somewhere that the batteries were bad for the environment.

Thanks.

[Suproman77]

Donate them.

[FlyingDutchman]

drop em off at your local police station. They will set them up for needy people to call 911 on.

[rattles]

Donate them by all means!

Battered women's shelters will take them I think.

[scottlr]

Our local grocer has a box for unwanted cellphones. If you have nowhere you can donate them, put em on ebay for $1 no reserve.

[dstinkyb]

I'd take them to a pawn shop and try to get a couple bucks, but I'm cheap.

[MikeE]

Any Verizon Wireless store will take them, regardless of what service the phone was used on, and refurb them for use for domestic abuse victims.

http://aboutus.vzw.com/communityservice/hopeLine.html

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I like to throw them in the air and try to cap them with my .44 mag before they hit the ground. :)

If you hit it, problem solved. :bong

[Go Cat Go!!]

Thanks guys! I will definitely donate them.

[Suproman77]

Thanks guys! I will definitely donate them.

Are you sure you don't want to take Dr. Tweedbucket's recommendation?

:)

[rattles]

Thanks guys! I will definitely donate them.


Good for you!!

[Seditious]

I keep them, and have all my friends give me theirs. Something in them is going to be rare someday, and I'll be rich, rich I tell ya. :bong

[live-I-evil]

You can donate them or take them to your local USPS post office. They usually have boxes that you can fill and they ship to a electronics recycling company for you. I just got a letter about it in the mail and it looks pretty cool. Apparently they do the same for batteries and all types of hazardous electronic stuff.

[LHanson]

I was at the Verizon store today, and overheard a conversation about this. The customer was insisting that the phones could be sent to Iraq for soldiers. I'm all for this.