Trade in Cash for Used Phone and Contribute to best Practices in Processing

Metal which is extracted from mobile phones is quite an ancient technology. However, the process that is practiced now will have ample room for improvement. Electronic products are complicated and they contain materials from varied material types. Materials are placed in an integrated manner inside the phone and it is not easy to segregate them during the recycling process. On the other hand, each of these group of metals are different from each other in terms of composition and structure. The variety of metals is also great in different mobile phones.

The products not only vary in structure but also in recycling economics. Some of the used mobile phones contain huge amounts of metals which later generates profit and value. These metals are treated specially in waste treatment facilities. Sometimes, products are manufactured with materials without any reselling value which ends up in recurring cost for recycling. Product design is also an important factor is determining how efficient the recycling process is along with the recycling cost. In fact, all these factors have contributed in getting rid of old manufacturing systems which used brominated flame retardants(BFRs) and lead. 

 

A Single System is Impossible

Due to the complexity and variety in materials, it is difficult to have a single treatment process for all. This influences the revenue of the recycling operators. All these mean that there are few systems in place for most processing systems. As the amount of products are low, automation cannot be done thus stagnating the level of treatment. To improve this system, separate collection and treatment of mobile phones should be arranged which might increase the overall logistics cost but it will definitely end up in higher economic and environmental value.

Higher amount of precious metals are separated from lower amount of precious metals. However, while recycling 100% recycling is done which leads to recovery of energy or material; nothing is wasted.

Getting a material to recycle properly demands a perfect logistics. However, that does not happen because the materials are burned and metals recovered. Sometimes, metals cannot even be recovered as they are burned using wrong methods for burning. This causes health risk to the people living in close proximity. Escaping laws, the e-waste reaches developing countries which is difficult to monitor. Actually, this brings to fore the loophole regarding the system of delivering e-waste. Trade in cash for used LG phone after doing some amount of research on the system and the system provider. There is no point in losing the resources and also harm the environment.