Turn your old cell phone or PDA into a free TerraPass

Through our partnership with RIPMobile, you can now turn old cell phones that have been littering your drawers into gift certificates redeemable for any TerraPass product.

Have you got an old Nokia lying around? If it still works, it could be worth $30 or more – enough to balance the emissions of a small car for a year.

People buy and toss out cell phones at an astonishing rate. RIPMobile estimates that there are 850 million unused cell phones in the U.S. Since cell phones contain lead, cadmium, mercury, beryllium and arsenic, they become toxic waste when they end up in a landfill.

By recycling your phone you help to protect local water and food supplies from toxins, while making industry less dependent on destructive new mining for metals. You are also getting functional phones into the hands of people in the developing world who need them.

Reselling a used cell phone is far more energy efficient than manufacturing a new one. And when you purchase a TerraPass with the proceeds you are fighting climate change to boot!

All materials accepted by RIPMobile and not sold for refurbishment or reuse are recycled according to the highest environmental standards. RIPMobile handles all materials according to EPA standards and in compliance with the stringent requirements of the Basel Action Network.