CNN: It pays to recycle

YouRenew was featured on CNN! Watch the video: “Handing out cold hard cash on the streets of New York! Not a sight many are used to, but the founders of YouRenew.com did just that -- pay money, in this case between $100 and $160, in exchange for used iPhones outside Apple's flagship New York store...”

ThrillList: YouRenew

Being good is always easier when you get something out of it, like when your parents offered to buy you a toy if you could sit still in church, and later, when the entire congregation did the same by giving you all that money in a bowl. Paying you to be good to the environment, YouRenew...

Get paid to recycle your old electronics with YouRenew.com!

Got some old electronics lying around that you couldn’t sell on Craigslist or at last weekend’s garage sale? Then log on to YouRenew.com, and in three easy steps, get paid to recycle. Cell phones, MP3 players, calculators, DVDs, external drives, digital cameras… the list goes on and on. Best of all, it’s a free service, and it only takes two minutes...

Recycling Electronics

Landfills are filling up with old electronics and the dangerous and toxic materials they contain. You can recycle them, though, and get some cash in the process. The site yourenew.com claims to help you turn your old products into cash in a simple few steps...

The Green Show: iPhones for Cash

We were featured on CNET TV. Watch the video, and see clips from our NYC trip and a demo of the website.

The Land of Misfit Electronics

With the release of the new iPhone 3G S on June 19, thousands of devoted Apple fanatics found themselves shipping their old phones to the land of bygone toys. As technology grows and changes at an exponential rate, electronics of all kinds are constantly being replaced by bigger, better and faster versions. A local web start up, YouRenew.com, is trying to take those misfit gadgets off your hands by offering cash for old gadgets...

Opening Day: The iPhone 3G S

We were mentioned in a post from the NYTimes Bits Blog in its coverage of the iPhone 3G S release.

ABCNews.com: 5 Tips for Nabbing Tech on the Cheap

Hi, everyone! We were recently featured in ABCNews.com in “5 Tips for Nabbing Tech on the Cheap.” This was the second time we were featured in ABCNews.com; here is the first article: “Earth Day Tips: 7 Easy Ways to Conserve Energy and Save Money.”

YouRenew wants to pay you for recycling your tech

It’s good to know that many entrepreneurs are still molded at an early age, despite all the doom and gloom that young people have been pelleted with for months along with the rest of us. Yale University student Rich Littlehale, 22, has founded a company, YouRenew, that collects and recycles or redistributes about a half-dozen or so electronics categories...

With few businesses hiring, students start their own

The Christian Science Monitor did an article on student entrepreneurship, and YouRenew.com got mentioned: With unemployment at a 25-year high and job prospects dim, more college students are looking to start their own businesses. Many are turning to on-campus entrepreneurship centers, which are reporting an upsurge in student interest. And while starting a business in this economic climate may be challenging, students are finding there are advantages, too...

New Haven company proves it pays to recycle

In an age when cell phones and other electronic devices quickly become seemingly obsolete as soon as a newer model hits the market, a start-up company aims to take unwanted gadgets off consumers’ hands. The site, YouRenew.com, recently was launched by TwigTek LLC, a company started last year by two Yale University students, Rich Littlehale and Bob Casey...

New Haven Independent: Call’s Waiting, For Your Celly

How many old cell phones do you have hidden away in your desk or dresser drawer? They might be worth some bucks — or at least you can recycle them responsibly, thanks to a new business started by a couple of Yale undergrads...

YouRenew.com Beta Launch!

Thanks for checking out YouRenew.com — the fastest and easiest way to Renew your old electronics for cash! We’re excited about both the positive environmental impact we can make together and the chance to pay you for recycling your old electronics!

Try it today! Search for your device in the bar above. For best results, include the device’s model number or classification (i.e. Blackberry 8830). You don’t need to make an account, use a credit card, or talk to customer service. Look up your device, answer a few questions about it, tell us how you want to be paid, and then ship it to us for free!

We’re working hard to make the site perfect! We’re adding devices every day! If we don’t have your device, click “Don’t See Your Device” on our homepage and we’ll send you a personalized offer and pay for your shipping.

Look forward to paying you to recycle!

Best,

Rich & Bob
Co-founders of YouRenew.com