Recent research has found that some consumers may be losing as much as 90% by selling their old phone at the wrong mobile recycling site.

Everyone has seen the TV adverts that are being shown recently from many mobile recycling companies offering top prices for old phones but research has shown that there can be a huge difference between the actual prices being paid.

It’s not worth simply going straight to a mobile recycling site top sell your old phone just because you have seen a fun advert. For example selling a Samsung Z700 on some sites will only get you £7 whilst on others you can get up to as much as £55, a huge difference. It’s always worth looking through every site until you find the best price for your old phone.

There are many mobile comparison tools available online however we have found that as the prices change so quickly some of these tools are not updated fast enough and so do not show accurate prices. It’s always best to search through each mobile recycling site yourself to get the correct prices.

Read our reviews on every mobile recycling site and compare prices here.

Music Magpie the UK’s top site for selling unwanted CDs, DVDs and Games has recently announced that they have paid out £1 million to their users in just 3 months.

It was announced in June 2009 that they had paid out £1 million to users since their launch and estimated that they would pay out £2 million by Christmas, but they managed to hit this target by September in just half the estimated time.

Music Magpie’s TV advert has sent many more visitors into their site and has increased their customer base and popularity as more people look to clear out their old CDs, DVDs and Games to earn some extra cash.

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UK households will be rewarded with high street vouchers for recycling their waste under new Conservative plans.

Under the new Tory proposals families would be rewarded with high street vouchers for shops like M&S or Tesco of up to £130 a year for using their recycle bins. It’s estimated that the rewards could help to raise recycling rates in the UK up to 30% which would mean less rubbish would be ending up at landfill.

The recycling scheme would cover materials including paper, plastic, cardboard, metal and glass. Householders would be issued with blue roadside bins and the contents scanned as they are collected by rubbish trucks. Points would be allocated to each household and loaded onto a database so rewards could be claimed.

The new scheme has been tried out successfully in Tory run councils in the Home Counties. Instead of punishing people like labour currently do with bin taxes the Conservatives want to encourage people to recycle by offering rewards.

Batteries that are thrown in the bin amount to a large amount of the waste that ends up at Britain’s landfills. Once at landfill batteries leak dangerous chemicals into the soil which will cause damage to the environment. To try and avoid these problems strict guidelines and regulations have been set for companies that produce and manufacture batteries in the UK.

The new Waste Batteries and Accumulators regulations state that any company that either imports or manufacturers at least 1 tonne of batteries in the UK will be responsible for sorting out the waste and recycling and cleaning up the mess. The amount they will have to recycle will depend on how much of the market they share. Each company that produces over a tonne of batteries will have to register with Environmental Agencies in the UK.

Companies that manufacture less than 1 tonne of batteries will not be held accountable by the new regulations although they must still register with the National Producer Responsibility Database.

Newcastle has been named Britain’s ‘greenest’ city based on its green credentials according to a report published by Forum for the Future an environmental think tank.

The report was measured on 13 different factors including air quality, recycling, pollution, ecological footprint of people and animals, plans for the future, life expectancy and the local strategy for tackling climate change. Newcastle got the most points for their excellent air quality, low carbon emissions, low levels of waste and high recycling levels.

The BBC reports that chief executive of Forum for the Future, Peter Madden, said: “Cities with an industrial heritage face genuine challenges, but Newcastle’s success shows that it is possible to overcome the legacy of the past and perform well on many measures of sustainability.”

Newcastle pushed last year’s winner Bristol down to second place and Brighton came third. Bottom of the list includes Hull for the second year running, with Glasgow second to last and then Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

Tradeyourstuff is a new and original online gaming site that allows you to sell and recycle used games and games consoles at the highest possible prices. Not only can you trade in old games but also you can also buy used games off them at much lower prices than on the high street. If you want to sell and buy at the same time you can do so in the same cart and receive credits for your old games.

Tradeyourstuff will buy almost any console off you including Nintendo Wii, XBOX, Nintendo DS, Playstation 3, Playstation 2 and PSP. There is also a huge selection of game’s titles that you can buy in all formats.

The site is very easy to use and hassle free, simply type in the name of the used game or console that you want to sell and click on the ‘go’ button, if you are happy to sell at the prices offered then proceed through the checkout, on receipt of your old games your account will be credited. You can either use your credits to buy different games or you can cash out and your money will be sent to you via Paypal, cheque or bank transfer.

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Music Magpie, the UK’s best site for selling old games, CDs and DVDs has recently launched a brand new cash for schools service.

The new service comes after a number of requests from schools wanting a quick and easy way to use the recycling service. It will allow both primary and secondary schools to sell their old and unwanted CDs and DVDS for cash payments which can be used for future projects and extra curricular activities.

Managing director for music Magpie, Steve Oliver said “Many schools are looking for ways to pay for activities such as school trips or even extra teaching equipment. By collecting old CDs and DVDs both students and parents can help the school with their fundraising.” Not only will the new service help earn cash for schools but also will encourage students to recycle their old items.

Music Magpie has paid out over £2.5 million to their customers since launching a couple of years ago, they hope to pay out a further £1 million in the next 12 months through their cash for schools service.

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Sunday 15th November is America Recycles Day which is dedicated to encouraging citizens in the USA to buy recycled products and increase their recycling habits at home.

America Recycled Day is now in its 12th year and many millions of Americans will take part to buy and recycle household items and join in with any appropriate events or activities that have been planned. Also many more innovative ways will be thought of to recycle materials that would otherwise be disposed of both on the day and into the future.

Recycling in the USA is worth almost 250 billion dollars, giving jobs to 1.1 million works across America in 56,000 businesses.

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According to recent research carried out by IT refurbishment company, Remploy 9 out of 10 businesses don’t care whether their old PCs and laptops are re-used elsewhere.

The study showed that although 73% of companies said they were recycling old equipment only 8% are actually re-using old computers. Remploy said that the equipment that is likely to be recycled is components out of old PCs but computers and laptops are ending up at landfill.

To try and stop so many computers ending up at landfill, Remploy have launched a new ‘Re-use IT’ campaign which aims to re-use old businesses IT equipment once all data has been removed securely. General Manager of Remploy, Malcolm Watson said: “The importance of reusing things is now well understood for many types of waste, both in the office and at home, yet for some reason IT equipment such as laptops, printers, mobile phones and PDAs seem to be treated differently.”

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According to the latest figures published by The Department of Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra) householders in the county of Suffolk have been shown to have been the best recyclers in Britain.

Recycling rates in Suffolk are over the national average by 7% with 44.5% of households sending their waste to be recycled or reused. The figures also showed that every person in Suffolk collects over 310kg of waste each putting them in the top 10 for individual waste collection too.

These figures are very encouraging and show that we are on our way to becoming a zero waste nation. Residents of Suffolk should be congratulated for their efforts.

According to the figures, London is only recycling 29.2% of waste.

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