Junk-Phone Recycling into Gold Mining
Japan – Who would have thought that the wreckage of old phones can result to tens of kilograms of gold worth billions. Hard to believe ? Well, Japan has proven it. Announced by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, 567 thousand mobile phones has been gathered in recycling program that was held by the Japanese government.
Junk phones could become ‘precious metal mines’, because apparently phones contained a variety of high-value metals. Quoted from Sanluisobispo, Monday (8/3/2010), the mobile phone recycling program obtained a variety of precious metals, such as 22 kilograms of gold worth 70 million yen or approximately USD 7 billion, 79 kg of silver, copper 5670 kg and 2 kg of palladium. Amazing isn’t ?
Japan is one country that vigorously campaigning phone recycling program parents. Around 1800 electronic retail stores has been participating in recycling campaign that was held November 2009-February 2010 this.
To seduce the old phone owners in order to participate in this program, available vouchers worth a total of 230 million yen to 158,800 people with a lottery system. So when people gave old phones, they would get a ticket to attend the lottery.
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