Científicos desarrollan un proceso de reciclaje que podría llevar a teléfonos celulares de “basura cero”

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Scientists Develop Recycling Process That Could Lead To “Zero Waste” Cell Phones

How often do you swap out your old smartphone for a new one? Every two or three years? Every year? Today, phone companies make it easy with deals to trade in your old phone for the newest version. But those discarded phones are becoming a huge source of waste, with many components ending up in landfills or incinerators.

Kumar and his colleagues — including Maria Holuszko, a mining engineering professor and leader of the research team — developed a process to separate fiberglass from resin. This was a task that had proved nearly impossible earlier — and the primary reason the two substances are nearly impossible to recycle. They must be separated to make them reusable. Scientists hope their research will be used to develop a “zero-waste” cell phone. They describe their work in a study published in the journal Waste Management.

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