調查：“廢舊手機”回收率僅2%
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The rapid development of technology leads to frequent personal turnover of mobile phones. About 50 percent of users in China change to a new phone every 18 months, according to Chinanews.
技術快速發展導致個人手機更新迭代愈發頻繁。據中新網報道，約50%的用戶每18 個月就會換部新手機。
However, alongside the high replacement rate is a low recycling rate. China now has about one billion unused mobile phones, but only two percent have been recycled with most of the rejected devices improperly handled.
然而，伴隨高迭代率的是低回收率。國內現在有約10億部廢舊手機的存量，回收率只有2%左右，大量更換下來的舊手機都沒有得到妥善處理。
“廢舊手機”指被廢棄的、老舊的手機，所以英文可以用old and discarded cellphones表示，也可簡稱為discarded phones。
廢舊手機回收后，一般有三種去向：較新、損壞程度較小的手機經過分類處理、翻新后流入二手市場(refurbished and resold to users on second-hand market);有一定損壞不能直接使用的手機，可用零部件會被拆解再利用(recycled for components that can be reused);完全無法使用的，經過原材料提煉后，作為垃圾焚燒處理(units that cannot be reused are incinerated after extracting their precious metals)。
但是目前，我國廢舊手機回收面臨回收價格偏低(low recycling price)、存在個人隱私泄露風險(risk of privacy disclosure)，以及相關行業政策不完善(lack of sound policies)等問題。
業內人士建議，未來，在發展新機銷售市場的同時，市場應該培育消費者“以舊換新”的習慣(develop the habit of part-trading their old devices for a replacement)，同時建立暢通、可靠的回收渠道(establish smooth and reliable recycling channel)，來提高廢舊手機回收率。
