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Aluminum is highly recyclable (although energy-intensive). I personally wouldn't assume there's less environmental impact. The structure of a hypothetical ceram
by chadgeidel 10y ago
Aluminum is highly recyclable (although energy-intensive). I personally wouldn't assume there's less environmental impact. The structure of a hypothetical ceramic iPhone case would be different enough to make it hard to asses this claim based on materials alone.
- hammock 10y agoYou're assuming someone is recycling their phone...parent comment is talking about throwing it away (landfill/litter)
- ianai 10y agoI prefer to optimize for either the most likely or worst possible outcome...which I'd argue simply throwing a phone away is.
- justinator 10y agoApple does have a recycling program - bring it in, or send it in, http://www.apple.com/recycling/ http://www.apple.com/recycling/