Carriers plan to rescue a few more unused smartphones
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There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt

The GSM Association (GSMA) and a dozen carriers have announced a plan to make a modest dent in the number of mobile phones that languish, unused, unloved, and unrecycled.

The consortium proclaimed on Tuesday that five billion mobile phones are “currently sitting unused and unloved in desk drawers around the globe”.

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