What happens to your old phone when you trade it in - MyBroadband

Increasing demand for exhaustible rare earth metals used in electronics will push trade-in services into the limelight.

In South Africa, most smartphones traded in for store credit or a discount on a new device are exported to be refurbished, while a handful get resold locally. As there are no local refurbishment fac… [+3307 chars]

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