June 26th, 2010
Patrick Hebert
Just received word that the fundraiser to collect hair, cash & cell phones has been postponed for an undetermined amount of time due to roadwork in front of the venue.
In the meantime if you would like to help please consider sending us your old cell phone & indicate that you would like us to apply the value of it towards the BP Oil Spill hair boom cleanup project.
You can mail your cell phone to us using our free mailing label from anywhere in Canada or drop it off at one of our collection points.
I’ll update as soon as I know more.
June 10th, 2010
Patrick Hebert
Apple’s iPad is out and iPhone 4 will be coming out in Canada soon.
I’ve attempted to use an iPhone in the past but just can’t seem to get into using a touchscreen. My current handset (a recycled one, I might add) is a touchscreen phone and I have to say that overall I don’t really care for it. I find that the touchscreens I’ve used in general have been pretty imprecise – resulting in more typos.
Perhaps I just don’t have the knack for it.
Blackberry cell phones look more appealing to me because of the QWERTY keyboards but I find the Pearl/8100 series in particular have buttons that are way too small.
My wireless carrier sent me a notice saying that if I’d like to sign another 3 year contract I can get a $200 credit towards a new phone but I’m in no hurry to sign another deal with new competitors in Canada like Wind, Mobilicity & Public Mobile so I’ll hold on for a while yet.
I’m also kind of anxiously anticipating the release of Windows Mobile 7 which is supposed to be a vast improvement over Windows Mobile 6 – would love to test it out but I again wonder if my inability to accurately use touchscreens will effect my experience.
I hope someone comes up with a hybrid touch/push button model to give people like me who are all thumbs the ability to choose between touching & typing on a keyboard.
Has anyone had experience with Blackberry vs. iPhone vs. Android vs. a preview of Windows Mobile 7?
April 12th, 2010
Patrick Hebert
Cell phone recycling is truly a green act since the resources recovered carry significant value and reduces the need to mine resources from places that should remain untouched. A common question we get asked is “how can I make money through cell phone recycling?”
CellCycle.ca offers payment to charities, companies, and individuals that take up cell phone collections. We offer free shipping and payment for each cellphone collected ranging from $0.25 to over $10. Charities only need to collect 20 handsets to qualify for payment and companies and individuals only need to collect 50 units at a time.
If you’re looking to sell one or two phones or swap in or out of a cell phone plan, why not check out our new sister service CellKitty.com?
To raise cash for a charity by recycling cell phones in Canada please click here.
To earn cash for recycling cell phones for yourself or your company please click here.
Since the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association estimates that 23,000,000 Canadians upgrade their cell phones every 24 months on average, approximately 30,000 cell phones are deactivated every day. If all of those phones were collected and they all turned out to be broken, CellCycle.ca would pay out $7,500 per day for those units. In our experience, 40% of those units would have reuse value and so the actual payout for all phones that are deactivated daily in Canada are worth much more.
Charities that wish to add a new way to raise funds owe it to themselves to check out our charity cell phone fundraising program. Individuals and companies that want to do something green and earn a few extra dollars would also do well to investigate further.
By recycling cell phones for cash in Canada we can all do something positive for our environment and rewarding for ourselves and our communities.
