What is the valuable metal and resources of small home appliances?

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This week, Nippon Television will work on improving our earth as a "GOOD for the PLANET" week. The key is EVERY. But it is the SDGs that I have featured. Of the 17 goals in total, the 31st is to create a foundation for industry and technological innovation. It's a bit stiff, but there was an unexpected hint in the mobile phone we use. This yellow box is installed in the central building of the town, such as a ward office. If you show it inside, you will find a used mobile phone. In fact, "Small Home Electric Collection BOX" collects nine items such as mobile phones and digital cameras that are no longer used. In Minato Ward, it is installed in 13 locations. Minato Recycling Cleaning Office Takashi Sato "I have the impression that there are very many code such as AC adapters." You can do it, but what is the reason you collect in this box? Minato Recycling Cleaning Office Takashi Sato "The point is that there are many metals that can be reused." In fact, small home appliances contain a lot of valuable metals that can be reused, so the collection box is exactly ". It is a treasure mountain. What is a valuable metal sleeping in small home appliances? I visited Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. In this factory, we are recycling home refrigerators. A large refrigerator shattered in just 30 seconds. In one corner of such factories, small home appliances collected by local governments in Chiba Prefecture are also recycled. Among them, the most important part. Hyper Cycle Systems Manufacturing Technology Manager, Ogasawara Shinobu, "This is the substrate that we are particularly modified. The IC's tongue contains gold. This terminal is all gold -plated. The "substrate" is the heart of the electronic device. "Gold" is used, which is soft and easy to process with electricity well. It is said that if you crush this board and classify it further in another factory, you will be able to take over 20g of money per ton. Furthermore, what is valuable. Hyper Cycle Systems Manufacturing Technology Manager, Ogasawara Shinobu, "The mobile phone contains battery. Cobalt, contains lithium." Cobalt and lithium used in batteries. Although it is an indispensable metal for IT equipment, it is called "rare metal" because it is difficult to take out of the sea floor. ◇ There are areas where conflicts are occurring over such rare metals. That is the Democratic Republic of Africa, Africa, which accounts for the majority of cobalt production. There are organizations that support people who have been hurt by conflict. Certified NPO Corporation Terra Renaissance founder, director Masaya Onimaru, "Because I want mineral resources, various armed forces from abroad, not only in the Democratic Republic (Democratic Republic), but also those who buy it are weapons. A big task behind a small home appliances, such as bringing the civil war to be brought in, understood what we are using and that there is a dispute before consumption. What we can do only every day. A computer sleeping at home is one of the triggers. A service that picks up a small home appliance that is no longer needed in a box and picks it up. If you put a personal computer, it will be free. In a factory in Aichi Prefecture where the computer gathers from all over the country. Director Toshio Nakamura, Director of Linet Japan Group, "I think you can see a lot of cardboards, but it's just a personal computer sent from consumers nationwide." 。 It is said that the number of people who clean up the house has increased due to the corona evil, and there are months when the amount is twice as large as the previous year. It is said that the personal information you care about will be erased in a facility where security is managed. The components of the PC are broken down to more than 10 types. Linet Japan Group Director Toshio Nakamura "This is a hard disk. It contains rare metals." The computer is a small home appliance packed with valuable metals. For this reason, it is said that even if other home appliances are picked up for free, they can make a profit, and this company has been able to recycle about 98 %. Mr. Nakamura "The company's cooperation will change the whereabouts of resources. It is most important to cooperate in recovery." maybe.