Emmanuel70 | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 18 2008 | Cell Phone Recycling, gold in cell phones, platinum in cell phones, precious metals in cell phones, recycle, recycle cell phones, recycling, surface mining, urban mining
Did you know that gold and other precious metals can be recycled from your your cell phone? Compared to the mountainous pile of 17 tons of gold ores, more gold can be recovered from 1 ton of used cell phones than from 17 tons of gold ores.
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