Apple’s recycling robot wants your old iPhone. Don’t give it to him.

Grist
By Amelia UrryOct 11, 2016, 2:00 pm145 pts
Apple wants to recycle your old iPhone so badly that it built a robot to do the job. The company introduced Liam to the world earlier this year in a slick promotional video. He’s got 29 arms and can disassemble an old phone in 11 seconds flat, breaking it down into assorted bins of screens, screws, SIM card…

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