Unlocking Mobile Phones’ Hidden Treasure

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In 2010, 135 million mobile phones ended up in landfills or incinerators in the US alone, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars in wasted resources and raising the risk of soil and groundwater contamination. But consumers need a stronger incentive to recycle their old phones, and mandatory deposits could provide it.

KIEL – Would you throw gold, silver, or other precious metals into the trash? Probably not intentionally. But if you have thrown away an old mobile phone, not realizing that it contains a host of recyclable metals, you are not alone; the average American disposes of a mobile phone every two years, with only one out of ten dismantled and recycled.

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