IT's not clear to me what the difference is. What exactly are they recycling, and how. I can personally see how refurb/debugging an old iPad might be harder the

IT's not clear to me what the difference is. What exactly are they recycling, and how. I can personally see how refurb/debugging an old iPad might be harder then just replacing all the cheaper parts (caps, PCBs, cheaper ICs) and retesting more expensive components; especially at scale. Also, even if they are melting them down and literally recasting them: ALU has pretty good recasting credentials.