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Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by dahfizz on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:10AM (#37703640)
> Recycling is a last resort

It sounds like that's exactly what Apple is doing though?

>> If your device isn’t eligible for credit, we’ll recycle it for free.

If they can, they will resell the device. But a 5+ year old phone with a busted screen and dead battery is just trash. There is nothing to do but recycle it.

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Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by wizzwizz4 on Friday September 29, 2023 @01:34PM (#37707589)
Scrapping the phones for spare parts would still be possible. This is usually standard practice for electronics recyclers, but the recyclers working for Apple are (were?) forbidden from doing that.
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