Tattered Wang Laochen earns 200,000 yuan a year by recycling old mice. He once said that old mice may seem useless, but in fact recycling has great value. After recycling, it can not only avoid environmental pollution, but also Avoiding the waste of resources is a good thing that benefits the country and the people.
Nowadays, people's living conditions have improved, and almost every household has a computer. Especially when children grow up, it is impossible to live without a computer. As one of the computer accessories, the mouse is naturally unavoidable.
Unlike computers, mice are easy to damage, especially when some people like to drop the mouse when playing games. At this time, it is easy to cause damage to the mouse, so a large number of used mice appear.
The mouse itself is electronic waste. If it is not properly treated, it will cause a waste of resources and seriously pollute the environment. At this time, professional people are needed to recycle the mouse so that it can continue to function. After-heat, Tattered Wang Lao Chen was able to make 200,000 yuan in one year by spotting this.
In the process of chatting with Lao Chen, I learned some tricks and secrets of mouse recycling!
First of all, we need to understand the mouse
The mouse is an external input device for the computer, and it is also an indicator for positioning the vertical and horizontal coordinates of the computer display system, because it looks like a mouse, and Known as a mouse, Hong Kong calls it a mouse.
Mouse is generally divided into three types: mechanical, optical-mechanical, and photoelectric. Among them, the mechanical mouse is not very accurate and the mechanical structure is easy to wear, so the optical-mechanical mouse later appeared. Nowadays, People mainly use optical mice, which detect the displacement of the mouse, convert the displacement signal into an electrical pulse signal, and then control the movement of the cursor arrow through the processor.
No matter what kind of mouse it is, wear and tear are inevitable. I have 2 computers, 2 work mice, and an e-sports mouse dedicated to playing games. In the past many years Among them, after the mouse is broken, it is simply thrown away without knowing its value, causing a certain amount of losses.
In fact, there are three major uses for used mice, but most people don’t know them.
Use 1: Recycling the shell
There are two types of mouse shells, one is One is a pure plastic casing, and the other is a casing with metal. Needless to say, metal, each metal has a high recycling value. Let’s mainly talk about the plastic casing.
In the industry terms of recyclers, the shell of the mouse is made of small-noise material. It is called small-noise material because the mouse shell is generally made of ABS or PS. It will make a crisp sound when thrown on the ground. Gu calls it a small noise material.
Whether it is made of ABS plastic or PS plastic, both have high recycling value. People who specialize in recycling mice will disassemble the mouse after getting it and dispose of the plastic shell in a unified manner. .
They can reprocess plastic casings into brand new plastics. Many plastic manufacturers also like this raw material to produce toys and various other plastic products.
Use 2: Recycle the power cord
Each mouse has a long power cord, about 2 meters long. The power cord is generally not damaged. Recycle the mouse. People will remove the power cord separately and handle it separately.
There are many companies that produce small toys or lamps. They all need a lot of power cords. If they all use new cords, the production cost will be higher, so they like to recycle second-hand power cords, anyway. Producing some inconsequential small things, the requirements for power cords are not very high.
Use 3: Recycling circuit boards
Every mouse has a circuit board, and the circuit board is the essence of the mouse.
Different mice have different circuit board models. For example, the circuit board of an ordinary work mouse is relatively simple, while the circuit board of a high-end gaming mouse is more complex, has higher precision, and has some Special features.
After receiving the used mice, the recyclers will classify the mice. The first is ordinary mice. The value of this type of mouse is very low when it is in a new state. After being scrapped, the value will be even lower. Recyclers will directly break it down and sell the circuit boards in batches.
As for the more expensive gaming and competitive mice, each one will be picked out by recyclers. For example, mice from Microsoft, Logitech, Razer and other brands are very expensive, and recyclers will disassemble the circuit boards. Come out and renovate.
A used mouse recovered for a few yuan can be sold for hundreds of yuan with just a simple renovation. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a huge profit. The key point is that many people really like second-hand mice. , or a refurbished mouse. Such a mouse is cheap and high-quality and can be used, but the quality cannot be guaranteed.
For example, the IO1.1 mouse, which is the favorite of CF players, has been discontinued a long time ago. Now all the products on the market are refurbished products. Professional players like it very much, and fans and players also like it. This is the market. .
As the old saying goes, there are always horses with a thousand li, but not always Bole. Everything in the world has its own value, but ordinary people cannot see it. The same is true for mice. Ordinary people How do you know that a discarded mouse can have such great value?