Millions of used mobile phones in the drawers of German households

195 million old phones are currently dusting in German households, which is shown by a Bitkom survey. The digital association asks to pass on the devices or to dispose of them properly.

In the drawers of German households there are about 195 million old mobile phones and smartphones, the industry association Bitkom estimates. He advises to put the old devices into recycling or donate.

A new cell phone is bought, what to do with the old one? Get in the drawer - maybe you need it sometime. But that doesn't happen too often - so why not return or donate?

Huge resources are stored in German households – millions of unused mobile phones. Experts explain how to get the best out of them.

People in Germany currently have around 195 million discarded cell phones and smartphones at home. This was the result of a survey published Wednesday by the IT industry association Bitkom. The number of unused old devices is still enormous, but is declining slightly for the first time compared to previous years: At the end of 2022, the number was still 210 million old cell phones and smartphones, in 2021 it was around 206 million, and in 2020 i…

According to the digital association Bitkom, 195 million old phones are in German drawers. What to do with the "giant resource treasure"?