Urban miners look for precious metals in cell phones

[pilotdan]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080427/tecnology/tech_japan_metals_recycling_col

 

[donald236]

nice post
thanks

 

[SilverNitrate]

getting 150g Gold from a ton of cells sounds good, but where to acquire a ton of cell phones?

 

[Rag and Bone]

I wonder if that weight includes batteries?

 

[JustinNH]

dont forget the gold on the batteries where they connect to the phone. It is easy to remove the board from the batery and strips nicely in AP to get the gold foils off. Of course, safely dispose of/recycle the batteries when done 8)

 

[donald236]

yes i agree the cell phones do have some very nice gold in them.
my suggestion would be to go to a recycling place and buy them
i've seen sevarl places on the web who sells them . i dont know how much but it would be worth at least looking into

 

[JustinNH]

and if you are feeling generous there are donations that give the cell phones to soldiers or to the elderly, etc...

 

[Rag and Bone]

Sure. I know some of those types of claims are true. All to often it's a sales pitch.

 

[Bernie Foley]

Rag&bone,
If ya get too many i'll see if i can give you a hand with them..!!