Selling and Recycling
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Selling and Recycling

Selling and Recycling goods

When you have finished with your purchase, you may want to sell your item, recycle it or even give it away.  There are a number of ways to sell or give away your item online and of course offline.

1. Electronic goods and games may be sold secondhand to a physical store such as Game or Cex, which offer more money if you accept a store voucher.

2. Sell it second hand on Amazon.co.uk or on other classified sites.

   • If it's a mobile phone, you can sell it to a mobile phone buying site (best for newer phones), see the mobile phones page.

   • If it's an ink cartridge you can "sell" it to a cartridge site, such as www.inkcycle.co.uk.  You could also refill it.

3. Sell on an auction site like eBay (CQout, ebid UK, Hunt for it.

4. Give it to charity

   • Take it to your local charity shop (think about adding gift-aid in the UK).

   • If it's a mobile phone you can post (freepost) it to a charity, see the mobile phones page.

   • You can also post ink cartridges (and donate other IT items) to charities, see www.itforcharities.co.uk/hardware.htm

5. Give it to someone in your area using Freecycle.

   • www.freecycle.org

   • Recycle IT equipment:

     • Ereco.co.uk

     • Pc-recycling.co.uk

     • Recycle-it.ltd.uk

6. Disposing of electronic equipment

   With the advent of WEEE (the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive), electronic equipment should be disposed of at your local DCF (Designated Collection Facility).  To find your nearest DCF, use www.recycle-more.co.uk