Where do Apple exchange/recycled products go? Bloomberg reveals recycling industry's dirty secrets

According to news on April 19, Apple recently launched a redemption and recycling campaign called "Good for You, Good for the Planet" to celebrate Earth Day (next Monday, April 22). So have you ever thought about how Apple Are these recycled mobile phones and other related products processed?

Bloomberg recently published a column revealing the dispute between Apple and mobile phone recycler GEEP. Apple has partnered with GEEP to pay GEEP to dispose of 250,000 devices per year. Note: In the first two years of this contract, Apple sent more than 530,000 iPhones, 25,000 iPads, and 19,000 Apple Watches to GEEP. However, during the recycling process, GEEP found that many products that were required to be scrapped could still be used normally, so GEEP simply cleaned them up, shipped 100,000 iPhones to China, and then sold them through second-hand platforms to make profits. During the audit process, Apple found that the number of iPhones that GEEP claimed to have scrapped but was actually smuggled reached at least 99,975, so it sued the company. Apple subsequently gave up the lawsuit. Bloomberg reported that this was Apple’s attempt to avoid going to court and publicly admitting to scrapping fully usable devices, which is in sharp contrast to the company’s environmental stance.

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