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Nextel, which has proprietary technology running on its network, prefers doing most recovery and recycling itself.
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Ultimately, recovery and recycling will have to dominate metals supply, because mining and production cannot do so indefinitely.
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Similar is the case with asset recovery and recycling services, as firms prefer to continue with old equipment to minimize spending.
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In the UK, critics in industry and local government are also wondering how the British government will organise the chain of recovery and recycling, who will pay, and who will monitor the recycling to ensure targets are hit.
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Recycling hazardous electronic equipment for material recovery (e.g. rare earth, and precious and other metals) in a manner which can substantially mitigate the hazards, entails significant costs.
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