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Half a million pounds of phones recycled over festive period
January 18th 2010
Posted by: Jonathan Morris
Mobile phone recycling website SellMyMobile.com today revealed that consumers recycled more than £545,000 of old mobile phones between December 26th 2009 and 15th January 2010.
Seven of the top ten most popular handsets for recycling were from Nokia.
A total of 22,078 handsets were recycled, totalling the £545,000 in value - or around £25 per phone on average.
According to SellMyMobile.com, there's at least another £1.6bn worth sitting in drawers and cupboards across the country.
| # | Phone | Value |
| 1 | Nokia N95 8GB | £118.70 |
| 2 | Nokia 6500 Slide | £45 |
| 3 | Nokia N95 | £87.50 |
| 4 | Nokia 6300 | £37.50 |
| 5 | Samsung U900 | £35.50 |
| 6 | Nokia 5800 | £86.00 |
| 7 | Sony Ericsson K800 | £25.50 |
| 8 | Nokia N97 | £210.00 |
| 9 | Samsung U600 | £17.50 |
| 10 | Nokia N96 | £125 |
More info: sellmymobile.com
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