| Many people in the UK have a laptop which could be | | | | laptop in the bin especially as they are such a high |
| on contract to use mobile internet, be owned by a | | | | value items, even broken laptops can be sold for a |
| business or just be for personal use. As technology is | | | | big sum of money. In order to help save the |
| changing at such at fast rate most people will not | | | | environment and also to earn people some extra |
| keep their laptop much more than 3 years before | | | | cash some of the sites that offer mobile recycling |
| they decide that it is too slow, they want the latest | | | | are now also offering laptop recycling for cash |
| Operating System, they need a bigger hard drive or | | | | payments. Its easy to get started simply do a search |
| just want to upgrade to the latest model. Once they | | | | online, when you have located a site that offers |
| have received their shiny new model the biggest | | | | laptop recycling search for the model you want to |
| problem that most people face is what to do with | | | | sell, on the following screen you will be offered a |
| the old one. | | | | price, if you are happy to accept the price then |
| Most laptops whether they are new or old contain | | | | proceed through the checkout. |
| toxic chemicals and heavy metals. If old laptops are | | | | As laptop are worth much more money than smaller |
| thrown in the bin they will end up at landfill where | | | | electronic items like mobile phones and iPods instead |
| they will cause big problems to the environment. The | | | | of just providing you with a prepaid envelope to |
| toxic chemicals inside them can leak into the soil and | | | | send your used laptop too most recycling sites will |
| groundwater, this can then kill small animals and | | | | send out a free courier who will collect it and take it |
| pollute water supplies. Also as laptops are made from | | | | in. Once received it will be tested and your cash will |
| many heavy metals once in a landfill site they will | | | | be sent out via cheque or direct to your bank within |
| take hundreds if not thousands of years to fully | | | | a short number of days. |
| break down. Its estimated that over 80% of old and | | | | By recycling your unwanted laptops online you can be |
| unwanted laptops in the UK will end up at landfill | | | | sure that you are doing your bit to help save the |
| which works out at hundreds of thousands all | | | | environment and at the same time will be getting |
| polluting the environment. | | | | some extra cash in your pocket instead of throwing |
| Its very strange that anyone would ever throw a | | | | it in the bin. |