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Unlocking the precious resources gathering dust in your bottom drawer
Monday March 01, 2021
There are five million broken phones in Australian homes that could be put to good use if their owners can be convinced to recycle rather than dump them.
Professor Alan Duffy says Australians are hoarding 24 million old mobile phones that can be recycled to extract valuable metals such as gold, copper, silver and palladium. Professor (AAP Image/Supplied)
Professor Alan Duffy, an astrophysicist from Swinburne University, says the phones are packed with valuable components such as gold, copper, silver and palladium that can be extracted and re-used.
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