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		chadgeidel on Oct 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Your Next iPhone Won't Be Ceramic Aluminum is highly recyclable (although energy-intensive). I personally wouldn't assume there's less environmental impact. The structure of a hypothetical ceramic iPhone case would be different enough to make it hard to asses this claim based on materials alone.

hammock on Oct 17, 2016 [–]

You're assuming someone is recycling their phone...parent comment is talking about throwing it away (landfill/litter)

justinator on Oct 18, 2016 | | [–]

Apple does have a recycling program - bring it in, or send it in,

http://www.apple.com/recycling/

ianai on Oct 17, 2016 | | [–]

I prefer to optimize for either the most likely or worst possible outcome...which I'd argue simply throwing a phone away is.

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