A few months ago Apple launched a program called ‘ Recycling and Reuse ‘ which aims to disarm iPhones old to take advantage of all the components that can be reused.
in a report ‘ environmental Responsibility’, the Cupertino company revealed that in 2015 Apple recovered more than $ 50 million gold , copper, aluminum, silver, nickel, zinc and lead .
In gold, recovered almost A ton , and the value of the metal in the market would be about $ 40 million . Copper rescued 1,300 tonnes for a total of USD 6.4 million ; aluminum more than 2,000 tons per USD 3.2 million ; and silver nearly 3 tons for a USD 1.6 million .
In addition, the company accumulated almost 40,000 tonnes electronic waste program, totaling 71% of the total weight of smartphones sold Apple since 2007.
just over a month, the company had submitted a Liam , a specialized robot disarm iPhones and reduce electronic waste. Originally the company had said that Liam would focus on recycling headsets iPhone 6, but Apple will expand the system to disarm different models and recover more resources
By Matthias Tercic -. Mtercic @ Infobae. com
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