'Mobile Compost' Project Seeks to Salvage Old Phones

In Sweden, an initiative called Mobile Compost is aimed at taking old mobile phones out of circulation, and cashing in on the precious metals they contain. Deutsche Welle reports.

In the little mobile phone shop in a Stockholm suburb, the walls are dotted with the latest cell-phone models. Large-screen cell phones hang next to conventional keypad phones.

A colorful sign on the door that reads "Mobile Compost" informs people that they can also turn in their old phone models here.

... Some 15 million old telephones are tucked away in drawers somewhere in Sweden. Taken together, cashing them in could be worthwhile. One ton of cell phones contains a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of silver and some 300 grams of gold, according to the organization Sweden Refuse.

Related article: - Urban miners look for precious metals in cell phones and links to related articles on cell phone recycling in general.

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