How to recycle old cameras?

Old cameras are usually refurbished or their valuable hardware is used for transformation and reuse, and valuable rare metals and precious gold are recovered from them.

Camera recycling carries out scientific and appropriate recycling of photographic equipment that has been eliminated from the market and that has been replaced by residents.

For obsolete photographic equipment, the pollution intensity of a used camera battery is 100 times that of ordinary dry batteries, and can pollute 60,000 liters of water; used camera parts contain lead, cadmium, mercury and other harmful Substances that if discarded directly will seriously pollute soil and groundwater resources. So it is very necessary to properly dispose of camera batteries!

Cameras can generally be classified according to their technical characteristics such as frame size, framing method, shutter mode, and metering method. They can also be classified according to their appearance and structure.

Cameras vary according to their imaging media. Can be divided into film cameras, digital cameras and Polaroid cameras. Film cameras mainly refer to devices that image images through a lens and record images using film. Digital cameras are photographic equipment that use semiconductor photoelectric coupling devices and digital storage methods to record images. They are easy to use, easy to transmit photos, and easy to save.

According to the film and frame size used by the camera. It can be divided into 35mm camera, 120 camera, 110 camera, 126 camera, medium format camera, large format camera, APS camera, micro camera, etc. The 135 camera uses 35mm film, and the standard frame it shoots is 24mm X 36mm. Generally, each film can take 36 or 24 pictures.