Carriers plan to rescue a few more unused smartphones
www.theregister.com
There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt

The GSM Association (GSMA) and a dozen carriers have announced a plan to make a modest dent in the number of mobile phones that languish, unused, unloved, and unrecycled.

The consortium proclaimed on Tuesday that five billion mobile phones are “currently sitting unused and unloved in desk drawers around the globe”.

  • AdminWorkerEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I thought the process was “grind it with 1000 phones” then separate by density then use electrolysis to pull out valuable metals from the higher value dust. There may even be a kiln or acid wash in that process too.

    How do we recycle tvs?