A giant magnet separates the steel pieces and drops them down a chute, where the bits are collected in large bins and shipped away to be reused in new computers.
The recovered parts are also used to make new products, including auto body parts, clothes hangers, plastic toys, fence posts, serving trays and roof tiles.
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