Britons hoarding nearly 80 million unused gadgets

摘要

UK citizens each possess one average at least one old electronic device gathering dust at home. Four in ten own at least one unused mobile phone and nearly half are looking to upgrade phones in the next year. One quarter have thrown an old gadget in the bin. Three-quarters are unaware they can recycle for cash.rnEvery person in Britain owns at least one gadget which is no longer in use, according to new research from recycling experts Redeem, amounting to nearly 80 million old electronic devices lying unused in people's homes.