Mobile phone recycling begins with the unloading of the units at our recycling facility, where they are scanned and updated in the system.
Once the units have been unloaded, they are separated for recycling and refurbishing. Units destined for refurbishing are sent to our refurbishing operations section, while the others are sent to the recycling section.
Devices sent for refurbishing are further tested, and the ones with heavy wear and tear are sent back to the recycling section. Mobiles destined for recycling are first manually dismantled, where the lithium-ion battery, the flat panel/LCD, PCBs, and plastic are separated.
All these separated components are then recycled in different sections, with the batteries going to the battery recycling section, the display going to the LCD recycling section, the printed circuit boards going to the PCB recycling section, and the plastic going to the plastic recycling operation.
After processing, the recovered materials can be used again in a number of different industries, such as electronics, plating, jewelry, automotive, and art foundries.