Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

Out-of-use mobile phones generate new waste mainly consisting of three parts:

• Terminals: shells, displays, printed circuit plates, electrical components. 80% reusable.
• Batteries: Nickel-Cadmium, Nickel-Metal Hydride and Ion-Lithium. reusable from 36% to 96%
• Accessories: Charger/Transformer, base, keypad, antenna, etc. 96% reusable.

What do I achieve by recycling mobile phones?

• Raw materials for industry, thus saving on natural resources.
• Reduction in pollution. In particular, taking into account the number of batteries and their high capacity for polluting.
• Energy saving.

How are mobile phones recycled?

They are sent to a company specialising in decontaminating, i.e., the liquid crystal displays and the batteries are removed and handed over to a hazardous waste management company. The metal parts and precious metals can be recovered through a physical crushing process. Plastics are also separated for later reuse.