Herald Sun
By: Greg Thom
People can convert their unwanted mobile phones into cash and help eliminate a recycling nightmare.
In an Australian first, Mazuma Mobile plans to spend more than $5 million snapping up many of the estimated 16 million unwanted and unloved old phones gathering dust in drawers across the nation.
The company is offering $1.60 for non-working models and up to $650 for a top-flight iPhone.
Established in Britain four years ago by former Melburnian Charlo Carabott, the company has already paid more than $118 million for pre-loved phones in that country.