"Dormant" mobile devices could boost the economy

Saturday, Aug 30, 2025

Mediapool

Billions of unused mobile phones exist; low recycling rates prompt efforts toward circular economies.

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Over one billion mobile phones worldwide are unused, according to data from the GSMA, whose members aim to encourage devices into a circular economy through repair, reuse, or recycling. Globally, the recycling rate for mobile devices is very low, between 12% and 17%. In the European Union in 2024, only 11% of people recycled their phones, 18% gave or sold them to others, 51% kept them at home, and 2% threw them in general waste.

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