Learn how to wipe, recycle, donate, or repurpose your old phone the right way—without putting your data or the planet at risk.
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Don’t Trash Your Old Tech: You Can Recycle Your Phone and Large Appliances Free
0:00 Intro
0:12 Factory Reset and backing up
1:10 What to do with the old phone
1:35 Charities that take old phones
2:48 ways to use old phone at home
3:53 Other uses
4:19 Outro
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@nebnworb
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 am
OMG the Abraham Simpson monologue at the end 😂😂😂
@iyazakhtar
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 pm
I’m usually yelling at clouds.
@CNET
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 am
Read more at CNET: Don’t Trash Your Old Tech: You Can Recycle Your Phone and Large Appliances Free
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December 8, 2025 at 11:55 am
Read more at CNET.com: Don’t Trash Your Old Tech: You Can Recycle Your Phone and Large Appliances Free
@townee23
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 pm
haven’t you heard, we’re all holding on to our old equipment to ruin the economy.
@iyazakhtar
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 pm
I have heard!