# What Do You Do With Old Cell Phone Chargers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 28, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817 "2009-02-28T19:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/1 "2009-02-28T19:52:28Z")
Are you supposed to just throw them away, or what? It seems wasteful to just throw it in the trash- we’re in a depression, you know! Yet I have enough junk that I’ll never use in my house and have no desire to add more. So? ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/2 "2009-02-28T20:18:48Z")
The chargers like the phones they come with can be recycled. [Answerbag.com](http://Answerbag.com) gives the various options you have on how to do this: [Linky](http://www.answerbag.com/articles/How-to-Recycle-Cell-Phone-Chargers/bfa30762-2a82-a4dd-a7b9-db1bd4c92ebf). ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/3 "2009-02-28T20:23:57Z")
Oh, okay. TYVM! ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/4 "2009-03-01T17:44:42Z")
I stockpile them in one spot- you would be surprised how many times they have come in handy when friends have dying phones. It’s a huge mess in there though… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/5 "2009-03-01T21:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > What Do You Do With Old Cell Phone Chargers? I charge old cell phones with them. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/6 "2009-03-01T23:41:50Z")
I save them you never know when you may need to tie something down real quick like and they have come in handy ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/7 "2009-03-01T23:55:02Z")
> [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > I save them you never know when you may need to tie something down real quick like and they have come in handy Don’t tell **EvilCaptor**. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/8 "2009-03-02T02:23:43Z")
Find the right voltage and they make great battery tenders… ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-old-cell-phone-chargers/487817/9 "2009-03-02T03:52:14Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Are you supposed to just throw them away, or what? It seems wasteful to just throw it in the trash- we’re in a depression, you know! Yet I have enough junk that I’ll never use in my house and have no desire to add more. So? Wrap up the cord and secure it, place it in a labeled baggie with the model of the phone. Put the stuff up on ebay, having had to track down cell phone accessories means that there might be a market out there. Even if your particular model of phone is an older model, sometimes the recharger cord spanned several models of phones right up to the newer models. Declan