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 ...

While you won't get rich off your old electronics, cleaner methods for extracting materials like gold is a win for the environment. In 2025, it’s not uncommon for a typical household to have a drawer ...

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% from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 million ...

Researchers in China have introduced a room-temperature process that extracts over 98% of gold from discarded electronics, including old phones, in less than 20 minutes, at a cost of about US$1,455 ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a fast, low-cost and environmentally cleaner method for extracting gold from electronic waste, that could significantly reshape e-waste recycling worldwide and ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold ...