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Urban mining

April 4, 2016

How many out-of-date cell phones are lying about your home? You might think they have no value, but their component parts are actually worth a small fortune. Click here to see trash turned into treasure.

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Box of old cell phones
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/P. Steffen

From trash to treasure

Within a few short years, cell, or mobile phones have become an absolutely invaluable part of our lives - so much so that we are constantly trying to keep up with their technological development. But what happens to our old phones? They generally lie forgotten in some drawer or other, regardless of their potential cash and reuse value.