How Mobile Phone Recycling Works

Casey R. Davis
2 min readJun 1, 2018

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Mobile Phone Recycling

How Mobile Phone Recycling Works

Recycling a mobile phone can be said as its afterlife. Electronic waste also known as e-waste including old mobile phones waste is a global problem. Sometimes, this e-waste is inadequately discarded, dismantled and burned, resulting in production of toxic emissions which are extremely harmful to children and communities living nearby. Therefore, it is ethically important for all mobile phone users to recycle their smartphones properly.

How Mobile Phone Recycling Works

Most of us don’t know how mobile phone recycling works. Here are some points telling how the recycling of mobile phones actually works.

Mobile Phone Recycling Companies

One of the most used methods to recycle your phone is through mobile phone recycling companies. There are thousands of companies who offer the said services. You just simply visit them, give them your old mobile phone and in return you will get cash amount. Almost every company does offer online service as well. You just parcel them your old unused phone and get the amount in return in the form of cheque or cash.

Do Recycling By Yourself

Another method of recycling your smartphone is to take working parts of one phone and combine them with parts of another unused smartphone. As a result, you will get ready to use smartphone. In simple words, you can easily turn 2 or 3 bad mobile phones into one good, usable phone.
You can use that phone by yourself or gift to your love one or it can be sent back into circulation.

Use spare parts of old phone

Companies melt down the old smartphone and separate its usable components. Most of the mobile phones contain valuable metals and components that can recycled in saving energy and resources.
If old mobile phones thrown away into landfills, these can seriously pollute the atmosphere and contaminate the drinking water. We can also recycle glass and plastic form old used mobile phones.
So that’s all, how mobile phone recycling works. If you have any question, leave you comment below.

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