Going Green – How to Recycle or Donate Your Cell Phone
Our pop cans are recycled by us. But there is one vital conservation measure that many of us overlook: recycling our old electronics. Cellular phones are perhaps one of the most prevalent electronics that end up in landfills. Under most contracts, you are allowed to a brand new phone every one to two years and with new improvements, new technologies and new features being introduced each quarter, the amount of old, old and unwanted cell phones laying around quickly adds up. Like all electronics, cell phones are manufactured from highly engineered materials, most of which can be repurposed and reused and some of which (such as the substances in batteries) is toxic in a landfill. Recycling electronics, or eCycling, is an excellent to put these valuable materials back to good use and avoid drawing further on the Earth’s natural resources. You may recycle the phone sell or donate to someone. Each of these routes are far more beneficial for the environment than throwing them in the dustbin and are all extremely simple. Recycling your Cell Phone Different ways are there to recycle phones. The most likely place to turn to is your cell phone service provider. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless all have cell phone recycling programs. These providers have programs that either reuse old cell phone parts and batteries or dispense old cell phones to those in need through charitable organizations. Visit your cell phone providers website to learn where to ship your phone – you can often print off a free postage-paid label and mail it in without cost. Many retailers and manufacturers also offer tech recycling programs, such as Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and LG Electronics. Best Buy offers a mail-in program. Office Depot sells “tech recycling boxes” is to be filled with cell phones, laptops and other items and brought in to an Office Depot to be transpoted for processing. Donating your Cell Phone Charitable organizations at times takes cell phones. Similar to the recycling programs given by cell phone providers and electronics dealers, you could either mail-in your cell phone or drop it off at a local location. But to get the most out of your donation, take time to locate a charity that resonates with you or you empathize strongly with. Programs include Cell Phones For Soldiers, The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Phones for Life (for senior citizens), Donate a Phone, Call to Collect and Collective Good. You may inquire locally to ascertain if your cell phone is required. Selling Your Cell Phone for Cash If you have a comparatively recent model cell phone and would like to realize a bit of return on it, you can at all times sell it for cash. Numerous services on the Internet will purchase used cell phones. Most will either inquire that you submit information about your phone or will have an online pricing sheet for your reference. Eco ATM kiosk buy instantly. These automated kiosks will automatically ascertain the value of your phone and either print out one in-store trade up coupon or gift card. You can opt for recycling. Erasing Your Information Before disposing of your phone, it’s important to remove all private information from your phone. The spammers can extract information from a dead phone. Consult your cell phone manufacturers manual or use third-party software to safely and completely erase the records on your phone before donating, recycling or selling your phone. If your phone has a SIM card, you can simply remove the SIM card. As you can see, there are different better uses for your cell phone than consigning it to a landfill or letting it collect dust at the bottom of your junk drawer. Whether you are selling it for some quick cash, donating it to a charitable cause or recycling it, properly divesting your self of your old, unused cell is far better for the Earth and its denizens than throwing it in the trash.
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Hi Blue
The best place to get your answer from people that live in Tucson is here
http://www.howardforums.com/search.php?searchid=5883359&q=tucson%20coverage
After you decide on the provider, take advantage of the 'test periods" offered, that way you are seeing first hand how good or bad coverage is in your area and home
Cheers
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The difference between pre-paid and contract is that with pre-paid you don't sign up for anything and there is no account or bill that you have to pay every month. Contract is that you pay for a certain amount of minutes and services that you may or may not use every month and that bill comes every month.
As far as costs go, there isn't a big difference from what I've seen. To make sure you get the best rate, you really need to shop around and check out what people are selling…it all boils down to how many cents per minute you're going to be paying.
My recommendation is for you and your husband to get a contract so that if you ever need it, you won't have to worry about running out of minutes at an inopportune time. For the kids, I would recommend pre-paid. This is because, its been my expereince (I'm a teacher and I hear lots of stories) that most kids use their phones a lot either calling or text-messaging. This can run up an extremely high cell phone bill that you'll be stuck with. The worst story I ever heard was one of my students running up an $800 bill in one month from overage charges.
Also, before you do anything, check with your current cell phone provider and find out if you're under contract and if so what the early termination fee is (usually $150). This might make you're decision easier for now. As for pre-paid companies, I have heard that Boost and Virgin are pretty good companies.
iPod touch is probably your best bet right now. Dell is supposed to be coming out with a similar Android type device. Also you can get a smart phone that has WiFi and don't bother activating cellular service with it.
Hi there:
The cell phone companies change, new ones appear every month, and they buy out each other constantly, so it is difficult to make an accurate list !
However, you do not say where in the world you are, so here is a brief list:
CELL PHONE CARRIERS
3 River WIreless
ACS WIreless
ALLTEL
Alltel #2
ANDHRA Pradesh AirTel
AT&T
AT&T Free2Go
AT$T Pocketnet PCS
BEELINE
Bell Atlatic
Bell Mobility Canada ( Different Provinces, Different Owners )
Bell Mobility Canada #2 ( If you move, you CANNOT move the phone!!)
Bell Mobility Canada #3 ( you end up paying 3 years AND buy a new phone )
Bell SOUTH ( Blackberry )
Bell South , #2, #3
Bell SOuth Mobility
Blue SKy Frog
Bluegrass Cellular
Boost
Bouygues Telecom, #2, #3
BPL Mobile
Carolina West Wireless
Cellular One
Cellular One East Coast
Cellular One South West
Cellular One West
Cellular One PCS
Cellular ONE #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
Cellular SOuth
Century Tel
Chennai RPG Cellular
Chaennai SkyTel / Airtel
Chennai Bell
Cingular, #2, #3, #4
Clearnet
Comcast
Comviq
Corr Wireless Communications
Delhi Aritel
Delhi Hutch
Dobson Cellular Systems
Dobson-Alex Wireless
DT T-Mobile
Dutchtone / ORANGE-NL
Edge Wireless
EMT
Escotel
FIDO
Genion
Goa BPLMobil
Golden Telecom
Green's Communications
GTE WIreless, #2, #3
Gujarat Celforce
Houston Cellular
Idea Cellular
Inland Cellular Telephone
Itineris
Kerala Escotel
Kolkata Airtel
Kyivstar
LMT
Maharashtra BPL Mobile
Maharashtra IDEAL Cellular
Manitoba Telecom Systems
MCI Phone
Megafon
Meteor , #2
Metro PCS, #2
MicroCell
Midwest WIreless
MiWorld
MobileComm
MobileONE
MobileFone
Mobility Bermuda
Mobility Tanzania
Mobtel Srbija
Motient
Movistar
MTS
Mumbai BPL Mobile
MUMBAI ORANGE
NBTel
Netcom
Nextel, #2
Nextel BR
NPI Wireless
Ntelos
O2, ( M-mail, Online, Prepaid )
Omnipoint, #2
One Connect
Online BEEP
Optus Mobile
Orange (Fr Telecom, Mumbai, NL/ Dutchtone )
OSKAR
P&T Luxembourg
Pacific Bell
PCS ONE
Pioneer / Enid Cellular
PLUS GSM
Pondicherry BPL Moboile
POWERTEL
Price Communications
Primco
Promtel
Public Service Cellular
Qwest
Rogers AT&T Wireless
ROGERS Wireless ( CDN )
Safaricom
Satelindo GSM
SFR France , #2, #3
Simple Freedom
SMART Telecom
SMF/ Schuylkill Mobile Fone
SouthernLinC
Southwestern Bell
SPRINT PCS
Suncom
Sunrise Mobile, #2
SureWest Communications
SwissCOm
T-Mobile ( #2, Austria, Germany, UK)
TalkLine
Tamil Nadu BPL Mobile
Tele2
Telefonica Movistar
Telenot
Telenor
Telia Denmark
TELUS
TIM
TRITON
UMC
Unicel
Uraltel
US Cellular, #2
US West
Uttar Pradesh Escotel
Verison, #2, #3
Vessotel
Virgin Mobile, #2
Vodafone (Germany, Italy, Japan, #2, #3, Spain, UK)
VoiceStream . T-Mobile
West Central Wireless
Western WIreless
Wyndtell
Yenisev Telecom
Note that in the big cities, there are hundreds of smaller carriers that only provide service in one small area. I can't list them all.
Hopefully you can choose the ones locally, and compare pricing.
good luck
robin
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I've looked at the Vu, and to a certain extent I like it, but I've heard very mixed reactions to the touch screen on the Vu. If you want to watch TV on your phone, by all means, get the Vu, but if the Shine has all the features you want, and is cheaper, I'd go with that one. Even though the Shine is a little heavier, I've felt it and it feels like a more solid phone and the screen is gorgeous.
I'd suggest going into a store and playing with the Vu, you don't want to get wrapped into a contract with an expensive phone that you might end up hating.
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