BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 15, 2023
A typical cell phone uses 62 different metals, including about half an ounce of copper per phone. Considering the number of phones (along with laptops and other devices) we use and dispose of annually, we need large quantities of copper. If we do not mine copper in the U.S., it will come from countries where environmental standards are low to non-existent. People who say “think global and act local” are hypocrites to use metals but refuse to mine them here. ~ Dr. Joseph T. Kelley, Orono