researcher22

Hi All,

I'm new to the forum, but have some questions that I hope that you all might be able to answer for me. I'm very interested in sustainability and the mounting problem of e-waste. I'm trying to learn a bit more about the mobile phone recycling and refurbishing industry, and any information or help that anyone here might be able to provide about the industry would be greatly appreciated.

I'm familiar with many of the larger refurbishing companies out there today, and am wondering how they ensure that data is cleared off of the phones? What type of software do they use, and is it available to the general public? How do they call test phones that have been disabled by service providers. Again, who manufactures this technology?

Is there any regulation of this industry? If so, who runs it?

Thanks so much for your responses!

Springbirdoo

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