Old devices hold metals with real value, but extracting them is often hard and expensive.

Recovering valuable metals from electronic waste, mining streams and industrial waste typically requires large quantities of ...

In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82 per cent from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 ...

In today's world of rapidly evolving technology, it is common for households to have overflowing drawers of outdated electronics like phones, cables, and circuit boards. What many don't realise is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's treasure in trash — literally. Discarded computers, circuit boards, and other electronic waste contain valuable metals ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new molecule that simplifies and electrifies the recovery of gold ...

A new electrically active molecule enables cleaner metal recovery by replacing many chemical reagents with electricity, ...

The British Royal Mint, the state-owned institution responsible for producing coins and medals, has launched an unusual recycling operation: extracting gold from discarded electronic devices, ...

A new molecule uses electricity to recover metals from e-waste while cutting chemical consumption by up to 100-fold.

Gold (Au) is a precious metal resource that plays an important role in the global financial system. Attributied to its unique physical properties and chemical stability, gold has also been widely ...

Old mobile phones contain valuable metals such as gold, silver and copper, with some metals found at higher concentrations in ...