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New mining map highlights damage caused by extracting metals for your smartphone

By Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL

The most sustainable smartphone is the one you currently own. An estimated 80% of your phone’s negative impact on the environment happens before the first minute of use – before it is even unboxed.

One smartphone contains more than 70 raw materials and more than 50 metals. Many of these need to be mined…

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