When Electronics Become Obsolete

When Electronics Become Obsolete

We’ve all got them. Computers, mobiel phones, LCD screens and other electronic gadgets. Their great to us while we use them, but what happens to them when they become obsolete? Well, they go into a process 

 called Urban Mining.

 Worker of Ecomicro recycling company, lifts a used computer monitor in Bordeaux, January 22, 2007. Ecomicro claims to be the only company in France which yearly separates some 1500 tonnes of obsolete or unusable computers into separate components for recycling. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

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