College Student Starts iPhone Recycling Business

Recycling strategies represent a guaranteed success when passion for high-tech gadgets is combined with environmental awareness and smart business sense.

This appears to be the case of a student who has managed to pay his college loans after opening his very own Iphone recycling company, Earth911 informs.

Brennan Zelener from Colorado State University has launched a new way of dealing with no-longer needed Apple smartphones, though his Green iPhone project.

Zelener buys iPhones which are damaged and can't be fixed from people and companies and sells them back to enterprises that refurbish them. Afterwards, the refurbished items are commercialized on a large scale, all across the globe.

Even though there are other companies known for their ample recycling operations, like Gazelle or Amazon, the developer thinks his strategy is unique because the process is rather simple, does not require automated forms that have to be filled by clients and is much more convenient than other recycling options launched by already famous competitors.

“Gazelle tries to make it easy, but you have to sort through a matrix of all these different products and phones; it can get complicated. We just focus on iPhone models, so it’s more straightforward,” reveals the student behind this project.

The most important feature seems to be the direct contact between the developer and his potential clients, who are guided by him or his employee. Clients just have to let them know what kind of iPhone they have and Zelener will send them an email announcing them how much money they could obtain.

Besides helping people get rid of their old Apple smartphones, Zelener wants to make sure companies will be able to benefit from the same options. He plans to expand his business, so that enterprises trying to replace their employees’ iPhones won't have to worry about clearing data from the no-longer needed cells.

“We are developing a process of even more secure data wiping for these businesses for a very small fee. Right now, a lot of businesses pay to have their smartphones destroyed because data isn’t wiped effectively enough for them,” concluded Zelener.