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Recycling Old Cell Phones (redux)?
Tweakmeister asks: "With the product cycle for cell phones being what seems like months, is there any use for old phones? How about pagers? A search reveals some initiatives to recycle them or send them to foreign countries. Have you found any alternative uses for old cell phones?" We last touched on this subject in this previous article, from two years ago. Have any new ideas shown up on the horizon, since then?
Any cell phone, even one without service, can call 911.
The old beat up cell phone (with an auto adaptor, or a single use emergency battery) in your glove box may save your life someday.
Use it to make and receive calls. I've had my original cell phone for almost three years you insensitive clod.
I concur, and in most cases the donation is tax deductable. Not only do you create an excuse to buy new hardware, you also are doing something good for someone else, and receive a deduction for the full cost of the cell phone at purchase. This is a win-win-win situation.
I also concur. You may want to ask Rape Crisis teams or women's shelters in your area if they want phones as donations. My sister-in-law volunteered as a counsellor for one, and they always accepted donations of cell phones.