The program runs through April 30 and Apple will make a donation to Conservation International for every device it receives through the end of the month. For every 100,000 iPhones recycled, Apple says it recovers more than 4,000 pounds of aluminum and 1,500 pounds of copper in addition to recovering smaller amounts of silver, gold, and other materials.Ĭlick here for a list of iPhones eligible for recycling. IPhones that have outlived their usefulness are sent to a special material recovery facility “manned” by Daisy, a robot that can disassemble and recover valuable materials from up to 200 iPhones per hour. Remarkably, HomePod appears in the drop-down menu in what we suspect is a mistake since the smart speaker has only been on the market since early February. The choices range from Apple TV and iPod to generic product categories such as displays and headphones and speakers. The other option is to select “other devices,” which lists a dozen devices and categories eligible for recycling. The trade-in value for an iPhone 7 Plus (128 GB) in good working condition is $315, which you get in the form of an Apple Store gift card once the value of the device has been verified by Brightstar, the company administering the program for Apple. To give you an idea of trade-in values, a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone (64 GB) in good working condition nets $100, which can be redeemed for a gift card or put toward a new iPhone. Click here to locate an Apple Store near you. You can also bring the device you want to trade-in or recycle to a participating Apple store. After answering a few questions about features and condition, you get a trade-in estimate and Apple sends you a prepaid trade-in kit or shipping label. To find out the “trade status” of your device, click here and select the appropriate category - smartphone, computer, tablet, or watch - and follow the prompts. Trade-in values for Apple and non-Apple products scale up to $1,000 for computers, $315 for smartphones, $285 for tablets, and up to $175 for Apple Watches. In advance of the annual Earth Day celebration on Sunday, Apple has announced a GiveBack program that lets you trade in eligible devices for an Apple Store gift card or recycle them if they’re not eligible for credit.
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