Peace and Blessings Everyone
I was just watching CBC and came across this newsclip about BuyMyTronics. Apparently, some dude sold his defected cell phone for $200 to BuyMyTronics and bought a new phone using that money. A great deal I think.
This program is very environmental friendly. Do you know that electronic wastes have become a growing concern in Canada. Here are some fast facts from EnviroZine website.
More than 140 000 tonnes of computer equipment, phones, televisions, stereos, and small home appliances accumulate in Canadian landfills each year. That’s equivalent to the weight of about 28 000 adult African elephants or enough uncrushed electronic waste to fill up the Toronto Skydome every 15 years.
An estimated 4 750 tonnes of lead is contained in personal computers and televisions disposed each year in Canada.
By 2005, yearly disposal figures for personal computers alone will contain an estimated 4.5 tonnes of cadmium and 1.1 tonnes of mercury.
Exposure to high levels of lead, cadmium and mercury in the environment has been linked to adverse effects on human health and wildlife. This includes subtle neurobehavioural effects for lead, chronic kidney damage for cadmium, and sensory or neurological impairments for mercury.
Electronics contain valuable resources such as ferrous metals, aluminum, and copper, however most electronics are currently sent to landfill. In 1999, it is estimated that disposed personal computers alone contained 4 400 tonnes of ferrous metal, 3 050 tonnes of aluminum and 1 500 tonnes of copper.
Extended Producer Responsibility recognizes that brandowners and manufacturers are in the best position to control the longevity, content, and recyclability of the products they design and market.Instead of dumping your electronic equipment, just sell it to these guys. You get the money and they just fix your equipment and sell it for a better price.
So, start with BuyMyTronics today by checking out their website.
Oh, they are located in Denver. But according to the FAQs, it turns out that they accept electronic devices from anywhere in the world. 
I hope this would post will help some people and help our planet Earth as well.
Later days
Peace and Blessings
