Technology driven mobile phone recycling and reuse
2025-02-05
According to estimates, during the 14th Five Year Plan period, the total number of idle mobile phones in China will reach 6 billion, which is both a security risk and a waste of resources. The demonstration project for mobile phone security recycling and disposal connects the three chains of recycling and disposal, industrial integration, and information security. It builds a self built recycling platform for front-end recycling, mid-range confidential destruction, end dismantling, and high-value utilization, and constructs a circular utilization system for the entire industry chain. In a brief "clala la" sound, a discarded phone without a battery was crushed into pieces. This is the scene that the reporter saw at the launch ceremony of the mobile phone safe recycling and disposal demonstration project of China Resources Recycling Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Resources and Environment") recently. At the launch ceremony, the first order for safe recycling and utilization of mobile phones was issued, marking that China Capital Environment has become the industry's first mobile phone recycling and disposal enterprise with the ability to independently recycle, dismantle, and melt mobile phones both online and offline. It is reported that many users are more concerned about the risk of information leakage than exchanging their phones for residual value in the second-hand market. They choose to leave their old phones idle at home and are unwilling to resell them. According to estimates, during the 14th Five Year Plan period, the total number of idle mobile phones in China will reach 6 billion. Such a large number of idle mobile phones is both a security risk and a waste of resources. The mobile phone security recycling and disposal demonstration project is a major initiative promoted by China's environmental protection. It connects three chains: the recycling and disposal chain, the industry integration chain, and the information security chain. By integrating with the China Post express logistics interface, it builds a self built recycling platform for front-end recycling, mid-range confidential destruction, end dismantling, and high-value utilization, and constructs a circular utilization system for the entire industry chain, forming a replicable, promotable, and scalable business model. Huang Wen, the person in charge of the Shantou production line of the China Information Environment Mobile Phone Security Recycling and Disposal Project, said that in general, old mobile phones can be disassembled into four parts: back cover, battery, motherboard, and screen. The disassembled motherboard will be transported to the crushing area through a conveyor belt for crushing to ensure customer information security. The entire crushing line has a total length of 13 meters and can process over 1000 mobile phones and 400 hard drives per hour. The entire enclosed processing workshop is equipped with 24/7, seamless online video surveillance, ensuring the safety, reliability, and traceability of the mobile phone destruction process in all aspects. It is reported that consumers can place orders through the "Chip Worry Free" platform (mini program) or telephone service hotline. When placing an order, you can choose either on-site damage service or confidential email collection. The destruction process integrates advanced physical crushing and pyrometallurgical techniques. After the mobile phone is recycled to the base, the battery and screen are dismantled in the confidential workshop. After the whole machine is damaged and destroyed, the fragments are sent to the smelting workshop for pyrometallurgy to achieve complete destruction. China Capital Environment has set up a mobile phone dismantling production line, which finely disassembles parts and optimizes the technical route using the Guiyu pyrometallurgical project, successfully extracting rare and precious metals. This series of operations not only solves consumers' concerns about information security, but also achieves resource recycling. This project is a landmark achievement of our commitment to innovation driven and open cooperation, and also a strong horn for vigorously promoting innovation Liu Yu, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China's State owned Assets and Environment Corporation, stated that the recycling of disassembled components and the high-value hierarchical utilization of precious metals such as gold and copper extracted from discarded circuit boards have reduced electronic waste pollution. This not only brings economic benefits but also significantly improves resource recycling efficiency, reduces resource extraction, and effectively promotes the development of a green circular economy. Mao Xinping, an academician of the CAE Member and president of the Institute of Carbon Neutralization of Beijing University of Science and Technology, said that at present, resource recycling is imminent, and the future development direction is to use resources in a higher quality. In this process, technological innovation will play an important role. Liu Yu stated that China Capital Environment will always place innovation in a crucial position, guided by technological innovation, driving innovation in models and management, and fully promoting the development of industries towards high-end, intelligent, and green directions. Zhu Jianchun, General Manager of China Environmental Protection, stated that China Environmental Protection will take mobile phone recycling as the driving force, aim at the forefront of technology, continue to increase research and development investment, innovate production processes, and deepen cooperation with upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and well-known resource recycling enterprises and parks to jointly promote the high-quality development of the resource recycling industry, including electronic appliances. (New Society)
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:ECONOMIC DAILY
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