What happens to the collected phones?
We analyze all phones turned in by the schools. Phones that are old, damaged or have little value are sent for recycling. These phones are smelted. Materials such as silver, palladium and copper are recovered. Plastics are burned off as fuel. The smelting process is a clean process where no ash is released into air or ground water systems. No materials from this process end up in municipal landfills. Phones that have value will be resold. The resold phones fund the payment to the schools.
