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Intro History: Mobile Phone

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Introduction
Source: Dismantling Guide for IT Equipment, which was elaborated within the SRI project and financially supported by SECO and UNIDO, June 2015
[attribution|1327| title=World Resources Forum (WRF)|caption=Mathias Schluep, St. Gallen / Switzerland]
[attribution|1325| title=Dismantling and Recycling Centre (DRZ)|caption=Markus Spitzbart, Vienna / Austria]
[attribution|1329| title=Institute for Materials Science & Technology (Empa)|caption=Fabian Blaser, St. Gallen / Switzerland]
Introduction
The technology of mobile phones has evolved rapidly during recent years and consequently the models differ a lot in function and shape. Nevertheless, the disassembly of a mobile phone has generally remained quite simple: remove the battery and casing and supply the rest to an integrated metal smelter which treats PWBs. PWBs in mobile phones are commonly high-grade quality and can – if supplied to the adequate downstream processor – generate a high revenue.
Dismantling Process
Depending on the requirements of the downstream processor, it is sufficient to remove the battery from the mobile phone and omit the further dismantling steps described below.