From Used Gadgets to Gold: Be good to the environment and your wallet by trading in your old electronics for cash!

It’s a fact of life: at some point in their lives, electronics are going to either break, get stolen, become lost, or die and go to gadget heaven.  There is nothing we can do about it. Nothing lasts forever!  Fortunately, for those of us who are not small electronics repairmen, there is something we can do with our old cell phones, computers, and iPods rather than just tossing them in a box in our attics or in the trash.  Thanks to websites such as gazelle.com and recellular.com, we can recycle them for CASH!  This should give you a little piece of mind next time your favorite cell phone decides to turn its non-functioning back on you.  Not all is lost and actually, there is some to be gained besides just a little return on your investment.  

Every time we throw away our old electronics rather than recycling, our environment suffers.  In fact, American’s throw away over 100 million cell phones per year and over 130,000 computers per day! Because of this, electronic waste the fastest growing part of the U.S. garbage stream. Chemicals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, and polyvinyl chloride pollute our land and our drinking water.  I don’t know about you, but I prefer my water and vegetables pretty much chemical-free, with the exception of a little harmless pesticide.

So now that you have been enlightened, its time to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and earn a little cash and good karma in the process!

Here are a few websites dedicated to helping you turn your trash into cash while making the world a better, more healthy place to live:

Gazelle.com - Gazelle is the nation's largest reCommerce company, providing a practical, responsible, rewarding way for consumers to get value for used electronics. Today, we accept products across a wide range of categories and have found a new home for more than 20,000 used electronics, while responsibly recycling thousands more.

We are creating a revolution in consumption, inviting everyone to think differently about the products we buy, own, sell, and dispose of. Our vision for the future is that every consumer electronic is considered for reCommerce and that none ends up in a landfill.



Recellular.com - An increasing number of Americans were using cell phones, discarding them frequently, and creating tons of solid waste even though most of the used cellular phones were still functional. ReCullular saw the opportunity to start a new industry and help protect the environment. ReCellular, Inc. was founded to refurbish, reuse and responsibly recycle discarded cell phones. ReCellular is the global leader in the used cellular phones industry because of our commitment to finding the best solutions for our wireless partners. Innovations in personal information protection, recycling programs and used handset market development will continue to fuel growth in the years to come

MyBoneYard.com - MyBoneYard® was created to help people like you recycle electronic devices such as cell phones and laptops in a smart, responsible and eco-friendly way. ScrapsterTM our mascot ensures the Simple, Safe and Smart way to recycle your old electronics.  MyBoneYard® brings together leading electronics product asset recovery and recycling capabilities so you can be assured that your personal information will be permanently deleted and your electronic products will be handled in the most ecologically friendly manner.

TechForward.com - TechForward gives customers the flexibility to upgrade their computers and electronics more affordably, easily, and responsibly. Our Guaranteed Buyback® product takes the uncertainty out of upgrading by guaranteeing future trade-in values for devices at the point and time of sale, by making the trade-in process easy, and by reusing or recycling returned devices.