usually, the compay u got the phone from can recycle it 4 u. my dad ran ovr his phone, and he took it in and they were able to recycle quite a few parts from it. NEVER throe ur phone into a recyle bin for the trash ppl, itll just get thrown away. so for example, if u got ur phone from t mobile, take it to any t mobile store near u and ask them if they will recyle ur phone. all they have to do is clear the sim card and put in a new one and resell it. or they use parts out of it for other phones. either way, the place u originally got the phone from will be able to recycle it.