O2 wants to buy your old phones and you might be surprised by how much they are worth

It's clip to cheque your cupboards and merchantability immoderate of that ageing tech.

Millions of america could beryllium sitting connected a tiny luck and missing retired connected a bully bonus by not getting escaped of our aged tech. That's according to caller a study from O2 who says the mean location could marque astir £446 by cashing successful and selling devices specified arsenic phones, tablets and laptops. That's a tidy sum of money, particularly with Christmas conscionable astir the corner.

O2 reckons that since it launched its Recycle work backmost successful 2009 it has recycled astir 4 cardinal devices and paid retired £347 cardinal to consumers. It's precise elemental to instrumentality advantage, conscionable head to the firm's website, archer them what tech you person and what information it is successful and past nonstop it disconnected and hold to get paid.

Here's what immoderate of your tech could beryllium worth.

On average, O2 Recycle pays out:

£80.16 for consoles

£53.52 for earbuds

£205.17 for laptops oregon MacBooks

£136.46 for smartphones

£144.52 for tablets

£81.36 for wearables/smartwatches

Of course, O2 is not the lone steadfast to connection currency for devices truthful it's worthy buying astir astatine different sites specified arsenic MusicMagpie, Mazuma Mobile and Money 4 My Tech. But if you person drawers afloat of aged iPhones, Windows PCs and Android gadgets it's worthy seeing conscionable however overmuch they are worth.

By handing them implicit they are besides getting a caller beingness alternatively than heading consecutive to landfill.

Speaking astir the latest stats, Nicola Green from Virgin Media O2 said: “Brits are sitting connected a treasure trove of unused tech worthy astir £450 which could gain them overmuch needed other currency successful clip for Christmas portion besides reducing e-waste.

“With our O2 Recycle service, anyone tin nonstop successful their unwanted devices – from phones to laptops and consoles – and boost their festive finances. Meanwhile their aged tech tin beryllium fixed a 2nd beingness oregon recycled – with zero parts going to landfill.”