Could you trade in your older iPod for a newer version?

Question

Or receive credit towards a newer one?

Answer 1

raquelha wrote:
Well just to put my opinion on here as I have 2 iPod touches plus a classic iPod with 80 GB but 10% discount is all? Well, that stinks.
If the device still has a useful life left in it, sell it as second hand, which will probably raise more money for you than a 10% discount. That advice has already been offered here. Otherwise, Apple will give you a 10% discount on the price of a new iPod if you give them the old iPod which they will then recycle.
Recycling usually involves breaking up the device and;
destroying the components inside in a way that does not harm the environment.
re-using the components or materials, which will reduce the use of new materials. This is friendlier to the environment than putting something into landfill.
The alternative to recycling is that the device is thrown into the general rubbish, which ends up in landfill. Landfill is a wasteful use of precious land (particularly in cities) and more importantly, the materials in those devices can then contaminate the landfill and surrounding areas, not to mention water courses and rivers.
Landfill costs money, to operate and that money comes (in most societies) from property taxes or local sales tax. It also costs money to recycle. Have you given any thought to how much it costs to have an iPod recycled? Since you haven't paid for it to be recycled, and Apple give you a small amount of money for a device so that they can recycle it, who do you think pays for the recycling?