Five ways to get rid of your old phone

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Many charities will take the phone even if it no longer works, as they forward them on to companies which strip them for parts and materials. And, many take them via freepost, so you don’t need to pay a thing.

Return it

If you’re not bothered about making money or picking a charity, just take it back from whence it came: the shop. Most retailers run recycling schemes and donate some proceeds to charity. If your phone is too old or damaged to make any cash out of, this is one easy way to get rid of it.

Carphone Warehouse will take phones in its stores or you can request an envelope via its website to ship it. Carphone will recycle the handset and donate £10 to its own charity for every phone received.

Re-gift it

In these dire, dire economic times, Christmas is probably going to suck. If you’ve splurged on a shiny new handset for yourself and are left with no cash to shop for your friends and family, just re-gift your old phone.

Okay, that sounds cheap, but with a little effort, it could be… personal.

Just chuck some music on it, take a few family photos, add your phone number into the contacts and give it to your not-so-tech savvy grandmother – she'll either thinks its sweet or really, really cheap. But make sure you take the drunken pics off it and add the number into your new phone so you can dodge her calls if you need to…

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