If your organization has several cell phones collecting dust in storage, you may feel overwhelmed by deciding what to do with them. Electronics recycling can be confusing as it is, and the additional layer of data security is the biggest concern of many businesses. Big Sky Recycling works with your organization to create a recycling solution that meets your business needs while providing secure data protection.
Why Businesses Should Bulk Recycle Work Phones
When cell phones are thrown away, they end up in landfills, leaching lead, mercury, and cadmium into the ground and our water supply. The best way to ensure that chemicals don’t infiltrate our water supplies and to reduce your company’s carbon footprint is to partner with bulk phone recycling services. We know that just one recycled mobile phone can save enough energy to charge a laptop for roughly 44 hours, and with millions of cell phones being thrown away annually, the potential energy savings are staggering.
The Benefits of Recycling Enterprise Devices
1. Sustainability
Processing and repurposing recycled materials uses less energy than it would to create new tech products from scratch. Recycling is an essential contributor to the circular economy, and using repurposed minerals from recycled cell phones can entirely circumvent the need for destructive mining.
2. Social Responsibility
Engaging in green practices like cell phone recycling demonstrates your organization’s commitment to social responsibility. Both consumers and employees report additional satisfaction when companies align with and uphold their social values.
3. Data Protection
Even when a smartphone is at the end of its life, it can still contain sensitive data. Our team at Big Sky ensures data destruction on all recycled devices and even provides certificates of data destruction upon request. We also accept locked phones, whether password-protected or activation-locked (iCloud or Google account locked). This does not prevent us from erasing device data and recycling them.
4. Cost Savings
Recycling cell phones in bulk can help save on associated freight and handling charges while saving your organization precious time. Reducing the amount of electronic waste sent to landfills can also lower the associated disposal fees.
What Happens to Lost and Found Cell Phones?
Organizations like stadiums, hotels, event venues, police departments, and schools tend to accumulate mobile phones in their lost and founds that never get claimed. Securely recycling these lost phones reduces e-waste and protects the data of these individuals from getting into the wrong hands. Some organizations may choose to smash up lost cell phones or try a factory reset; the truth is that neither of these methods deletes personal data or prevents data breaches.
How to Recycle Bulk Cell Phones With Big Sky Recycling
Whether you have 10 or 10,000 cell phones, Big Sky Recycling will work with your organization to create a recycling solution that meets your business needs. Our team easily handles hundreds of devices.
Recycle Your Old Work Phones in 3 Easy Steps
- Print your shipping label
- Package your phones
- Ship them to Big Sky Recycling
We partner with FedEx to handle bulk shipping and offer free prepaid shipping labels. All you need to do is securely pack your devices and ship them free of charge. Trust your used cell phone with our secure recycling program.