Gold has properties that make it useful in electronic devices, but mining old cell phones and computers for the metal isn't ...

If you have old electronics sitting around your home, you may be able to recycle them for cash for the precious metals they contain. However, the quantities are small, so it usually makes sense if you ...

In the dark corners of your attic shelves or the depths of your desk drawers likely sits a collection of defunct laptops, cameras, and gaming consoles. The phone you may be reading this on will ...

Using a proprietary chemical process pioneered by Canadian firm Excir, England's The Royal Mint has begun mining old circuit boards from electronic devices for gold and converting what's harvested ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney, ...

Kombucha fermentation waste becomes a renewable source of strong, compostable cellulose films that support durable flexible ...

The 'pivotal' collection, featuring wedding rings, engagement rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces, is made from 18-carat gold sourced from end-of-life electronic waste, which is recovered onsite ...

Metals made up half the world’s electronic trash, or e-waste, in 2022 and were worth $91 billion. Copper, iron, and gold accounted for a big chunk of that value. E-waste also contains aluminum, ...