subject: Sell Your iPhone to Help the Environment and Your Wallet [print this page] Sell Your iPhone to Help the Environment and Your Wallet
As society comes to depend more and more on technology, electronic waste is becoming a greater and more pressing issue. The environmental impact and degradation has become significant, affecting global climate change issues. Individuals on average upgrade their phones, their laptop computers, and MP3 players at much quicker turnaround rate than previously. What happens to all these used electronics? Most end up in the junkyard or simply in your closet or drawer collecting dust, serving no one any use rather than taking up space and hurting the environment. By selling your iPhone, you can not only make a small difference in alleviating environmental issues, but you can also make some quick cash to use towards a future electronics purchase.
Technological advancement results in new products flooding the market regularly. It is only natural to want that new upgrade with its exciting and new features. However, most of the time, when individuals upgrade their smart phones or laptop computers, their old electronic gadgets are still perfectly functional. The issue then becomes what exactly to do with these old laptops and smart phones. Rather than simply shove them in the back of your walk-in closet, thinking that it might be of use in the future, you can sell your iPhone and make a quick buck. Properly disposing of these electronics proves to be a hassle and a perfectly functional smart phone should not end up in the junkyard. Imagine the thousands of thousands of pieces of electronics, simply sitting in the junkyard. The enormous waste of energy from production and the huge waste of resources, particularly of functional iPhones but even of broken electronic devices, are disturbing. By selling your iPhone, you are reducing this waste and doing your part to contribute to the environment. So, if you want a new smart phone or electronic device, you can sell your iPhone to make some money to offset to costs of your new smart phone. Not only will you get a check to ease the dent in your pocket making that upgrade, you will also be contributing to the recycled and reused electronics market, which contributeseven if it is just a littleto keeping the environment slightly cleaner.
The environment will be kept cleaner because instead of a new laptop or smart phone being purchased and used, someone is using a perfectly functional recycled or reused electronic device. This is also great for those who are unable to afford an iPhone at retail price but still wishes to enjoy the mobility and convenience that having a smart phone and wireless internet connection offers its uses. The refurbished phone fixed by the company will be available, perfectly functional, and sold at reduced, discounted price. If you wish to make some extra cash, if you wish to dispose of your smart phone properly, and if you wish to help the environment, then you should sell your iPhone that you don't use anymore to not only help yourself, but also help the environment and the individual that purchases the refurbished phone.
