How to Recycle Old Laptops Online to Earn Cash and Help the Environment

Many people in the UK have a laptop which could be on contract to use mobile internet, be owned by a business or just be for personal use. As technology is changing at such at fast rate most people will not keep their laptop much more than 3 years before they decide that it is too slow, they want the latest Operating System, they need a bigger hard drive or just want to upgrade to the latest model. Once they have received their shiny new model the biggest problem that most people face is what to do with the old one.Most laptops whether they are new or old contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals. If old laptops are thrown in the bin they will end up at landfill where they will cause big problems to the environment. The toxic chemicals inside them can leak into the soil and groundwater, this can then kill small animals and pollute water supplies. Also as laptops are made from many heavy metals once in a landfill site they will take hundreds if not thousands of years to fully break down. Its estimated that over 80% of old and unwanted laptops in the UK will end up at landfill which works out at hundreds of thousands all polluting the environment.Its very strange that anyone would ever throw a laptop in the bin especially as they are such a high value items, even broken laptops can be sold for a big sum of money. In order to help save the environment and also to earn people some extra cash some of the sites that offer mobile recycling are now also offering laptop recycling for cash payments. Its easy to get started simply do a search online, when you have located a site that offers laptop recycling search for the model you want to sell, on the following screen you will be offered a price, if you are happy to accept the price then proceed through the checkout.As laptop are worth much more money than smaller electronic items like mobile phones and iPods instead of just providing you with a prepaid envelope to send your used laptop too most recycling sites will send out a free courier who will collect it and take it in. Once received it will be tested and your cash will be sent out via cheque or direct to your bank within a short number of days.By recycling your unwanted laptops online you can be sure that you are doing your bit to help save the environment and at the same time will be getting some extra cash in your pocket instead of throwing it in the bin.