11 ms·

> Step 3: Burn the whole lot down for precious metals. It seems they have a deft touch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYshVbcEmUc https://www.youtube.com/wat

> Step 3: Burn the whole lot down for precious metals. It seems they have a deft touch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYshVbcEmUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYshVbcEmUc

basicplus2 11y ago
yeah right... a snazzy looking robot my arse.. more like children in China and India sitting in squaller pulling them apart by hand, burning the plastic by hand and sniffing it to determine the plastic type.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling "Because the U.S has not ratified the Basel Convention or its Ban Amendment, and has no domestic laws forbidding the export of toxic waste, the Basel Action Network estimates that about 80% of the electronic waste directed to recycling in the U.S. does not get recycled there at all, but is put on container ships and sent to countries such as China.[6][7][8][9] Guiyu in the Shantou region of China, and Delhi and Bangalore in India, have electronic waste processing areas.[6][10][11]" http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electroni...
- e12e 11y ago
  Speaking of old articles, I came across this on iPhone (and other electronic) recycling from 2012: http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-end-of-an-iphones-life/ http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-e... Would be interesting to see a real follow-up, rather than just some PR-numbers from Apple.
revelation 11y ago
So they separate out perfectly fine, working components.. and then burn them down? I'm pretty confident that recovering gold economically involves smelting and other rather destructive processes.
- astrange 11y ago
  How do you know the devices handed in for recycling haven't had keyloggers installed in all the components?

> Step 3: Burn the whole lot down for precious metals. It seems they have a deft touch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYshVbcEmUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYshVbcEmUc

basicplus2 11y ago

yeah right... a snazzy looking robot my arse.. more like children in China and India sitting in squaller pulling them apart by hand, burning the plastic by hand and sniffing it to determine the plastic type.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling "Because the U.S has not ratified the Basel Convention or its Ban Amendment, and has no domestic laws forbidding the export of toxic waste, the Basel Action Network estimates that about 80% of the electronic waste directed to recycling in the U.S. does not get recycled there at all, but is put on container ships and sent to countries such as China.[6][7][8][9] Guiyu in the Shantou region of China, and Delhi and Bangalore in India, have electronic waste processing areas.[6][10][11]" http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electroni...

e12e 11y ago
Speaking of old articles, I came across this on iPhone (and other electronic) recycling from 2012: http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-end-of-an-iphones-life/ http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-e... Would be interesting to see a real follow-up, rather than just some PR-numbers from Apple.

revelation 11y ago

So they separate out perfectly fine, working components.. and then burn them down? I'm pretty confident that recovering gold economically involves smelting and other rather destructive processes.

astrange 11y ago
How do you know the devices handed in for recycling haven't had keyloggers installed in all the components?