Virgin Media O2 is urging people to check if they can make some money from their unwanted devices – with some payouts worth hundreds of pounds.
Regardless of their mobile operator, people can send their unwanted tech to O2 Recycle with free postage where it will be repaired, refurbished and resold, or recycled.
The initiative accepts smartphones, tablets, wearables, earbuds, MacBooks and consoles.
Since its launch in 2009, O2 Recycle has recycled almost four million devices and paid out £347million to consumers. Last year the initiative processed almost 180,000 devices which were saved from landfill by being resold as refurbished devices to customers, or recycled.
Nicola Green from Virgin Media O2 commented: “Britons are sitting on a treasure trove of unused tech worth almost £450 which could earn them much needed extra cash in time for Christmas while also reducing e-waste.
“With our O2 Recycle service, anyone can send in their unwanted devices – from phones to laptops and consoles – and boost their festive finances. Meanwhile their old tech can be given a second life or recycled – with zero parts going to landfill.”
With the average UK home having four unused devices, the provider said people could cash in with their old tech and make around £446.
On average, O2 Recycle pays out:
- £80.16 for consoles
- £53.52 for earbuds
- £205.17 for laptops or MacBooks
- £136.46 for smartphones
- £144.52 for tablets
- £81.36 for wearables/smartwatches.
Based on these averages, people who can trade in all of the above could receive a payout of around £701.19.
Jen Palmer, a mum of two from Worthing, managed to make a handy £250 from the scheme, which has been put towards Christmas presents.
She previously told Express.co.uk: “I never would have known that we were sitting on hundreds of pounds of unwanted items and tech that we could sell.”
Ms Palmer used O2 Recycle to sell an old Nintendo Switch and a tablet. People can find out how much their devices might be worth by clicking here.
