You might think it's old junk, but Cell Phones for Soldiers can do a lot with your old devices. Military.com | By Blake Stilwell Published May 07, 2025 at 4:01pm ET ...

For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, the EPA says 35,000 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.

Use #1: Not your grandma’s alarm clock. Make your old cell phones permanent bedside companions with an app that can help you fall asleep or ease you into your day.

It was a small but mighty device weighing only 96g. You could drop one out of a window, run it over with a car, and pick it up to make a phone call as if nothing had happened. It was also compact ...

Old models of cell phones reach increasingly high and surprising prices, so it is worth taking a look at some forgotten drawer in our home where we may have a real treasure in 2025.

And believe it or not, cell phone reception often isn’t bad in the rain forest. When you’re up in the canopy, “you can actually pick up a signal from pretty far away,” says White, who is ...

The Detroit Zoo is collecting old cell phones and other electronics to help protect wild ... It aims to unite organizations in a competition to collect cell phones and small electronic devices.

Cell phones distract those young and old: Stateline reported findings from a survey of college students in 37 states and Alberta, Canada. The average respondent spent 19% of their class time ...

During the competition, the zoo collects old cell phones and other small electronic devices that will be refurbished and resold to collect funding for SAFE’s conservation initiatives in Africa.