By Hossam Abdel Haq
Apple revealed in its annual environmental report that it restored about a ton of gold, precisely 0.2204 pounds, through its last year recycling operations.
According to the latest gold prices in markets, the restored amount of cellphones and computers restored by Apple phones is estimated at nearly $40m.
Apple got more than 61 million pounds of steel, aluminum, glass and other metals from recycling operations, according to the report.
It is noteworthy that Apple uses approximately 30 milligrams of gold in every smartphone, mostly in circuitry and other internal components. Moreover, it recycles millions of phones and computers a year, which explains this large amount of minerals.
