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Hopefully nobody actually throws phones out. That bundle of molecules does not belong in a landfill.

My library has a dropbox to refurbish old ones for blind people, for example, but I'm sure dozens of places will be happy to take them off your hands.

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They certainly do, I have seen it often. I'm not even sure what to do with old phones. I don't know of any recycling places. I usually just let them sit in a stack in a draw. I once had a phone come with a bag to mail for recycling but I haven't seen something like that for a while.

The Apple Store will take any phone in any condition and recycle it for you.

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