Smartphone Composition

This lecture delves into the composition of smartphones, detailing the materials used such as steel, aluminium, copper, glass, and plastics, and their respective weights in the device. It also explores the evolution of smartphone weight over the years, highlighting the components like LED lights, PCBs, and plastics. The lecture further discusses the potential resources in phones, urban mining practices, reconditioning processes, and the recovery of precious metals from electronic cards. It concludes by emphasizing the benefits of urban mining and recycling in promoting a more local and circular economy, addressing resource scarcity, and reducing the environmental impact throughout the device's life cycle.