A study by Censuswide, commissioned by Virgin Media O2, reveals that the average household has £218 worth of unused mobile phones. Despite this untapped value, only one in 10 people have traded in a device over the past five years. Virgin Media O2 is urging households to recycle their old smartphones through O2 Recycle, highlighting

O2 has recycled more than 128,000 devices in the last year

Over half of handsets recycled have been iPhones, with the 4s being the most popular and accounting for eight per cent of total volume