Friday Blogger
FRIDAY March 5, 2010
Today’s Guest Blogger is… ANGELIKA ROLL!
To all you people out there using cell phones and smart phones and naturally computers,
here’s a weekend-reminder for you regarding……..
Recycling awareness!
In 2008 the €2.7 billion worth of gold, silver, copper, palladium and cobalt was used to make computers.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-52183-9.html
When you feel it is time for a new electronic device, whether it is a smart phone, a new computer or something else, then what do you do with your old one?? I certainly hope you don’t just throw it away in the dump (piling up the three million tons of electronic waste in the US, this year), as if you do so, not only would you be polluting our environment, but also throwing away a true jewel because the content of precious metals in electronic equipments is enormous. These resources are badly needed for the manufacture processes of new electronic products on a continuously growing market.
Read all about the modern Gold Rush of nowadays: