BBC News: Phone recycling: Getting the gold from your mobile

What is the fate of your old, surplus mobile phone when you decide to turn it in for recycling? BBC News visited a recycling plant in south London to find out - and the answers might surprise you.

There are more mobile phones than people in the UK. We bought more than 28 million mobile phones in 2012, with that number set to increase this year.

There are good environmental reasons to recycle these old phones, whether they work or not. They contain harmful chemicals, particularly in the batteries, which don't break down in landfills. They also contain valuable materials that are costly to extract, and can be reused.



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