Used cellphones a resource to be tapped

A RECENT SURVEY shows that about 50 percent of users replace their old cellphone with a new one every 18 months. As a result, there are about 1 billion used cellphones nationwide with only 2 percent of them being recycled. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Where are the other 98 percent of the 1 billion used cellphones? Most of them stay in people's homes and it is common for each family to have one or two used cellphones left in a dusty corner at home.

That's a huge waste of resources. The market for recycling used smartphones has enormous potential that is yet to be exploited. There are huge opportunities for recycling enterprises.