惊了!苹果去年回收旧电脑和手机获价值4000万美元黄金!

A big push for Apple this year is recycling, as it uses partners and fancy new robots to make sure that valuable parts from the millions of iPhones sold per year don't end up in landfills.

今年，苹果公司的一大推进就是回收工作，该公司利用合作伙伴以及新奇的新型机器人，来保证每年数以万计的已售iPhone中的珍贵零件不会终结在垃圾填埋场中。

The company released its annual environmental report on last Thursday, and it included some information about just how much it can recover from its old computers — over 61 million pounds of steel, aluminum, glass, and other materials. As part of that, Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold — well over a ton.

上周四，苹果公司发布了公司年度环境报告。这份报告总结了通过回收旧电脑而获得的价值的信息，即该公司不仅仅获得了超过6100万磅钢、铝、玻璃和其它材料，而且还获得了2204磅（接近一吨）的黄金。

At the current spot price of 1,229.80 dollars per troy ounce of gold, Apple recovered just under 40 million dollars in gold from old phones and computers.

按照当前每盎司黄金1229.80美元的价格计算，苹果通过回收旧电脑和智能手机获得了价值近4000万美元的黄金。

But where did this 39,502,000 dollars of gold come from? According to Fairphone, an activist group focused on electronics supply chains, the average smartphone uses 30 milligrams of gold, mostly in circuit boards and other internal components.

但是苹果获得的这价值3950.2万美元的黄金究竟来自于哪里？致力于电子产业供应链调查的激进组织Fairphone指出，平均每部智能手机要使用30毫克的黄金，这些黄金主要用于电路板和其它内部配件。

And Apple recycles millions of iPhones and other computers that have tiny bits of gold in them. It's also possible that Apple might have recycled a few Apple Watch editions, which have been estimated to have over 50 grams of 18-karat gold in it. But it's hard to imagine people who spent over 10,000 dollars on an Apple Watch would turn it back to Apple for recycling in less than a year.

苹果回收的iPhone和旧电脑仅使用了少量的黄金。还有一种可能性，是苹果可能回收了少量的限量版Apple Watch。业内一直预计，每块限量版Apple Watch都使用了超过50克的18K金黄金。不过很难以相信有人会花超过1万美元购买一块Apple Watch，然后在使用不到一年之后又交还给苹果用于回收。