New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

A groundbreaking method of recycling electronic waste could revolutionize the extraction of precious metals for green technologies. Gisele Azimi, a professor at the University of Toronto and an expert ...

The circuit boards inside your old phone may seem worthless, destined for the trash heap. But to a team of researchers at Cornell University, they are a treasure trove—literally. Led by postdoctoral ...

E-waste is a rapidly growing problem, with discarded electronics containing valuable metals that are largely unrecovered. Scientists have discovered bacteria capable of extracting precious metals like ...

MONTREAL, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Enim Technologies Inc. ("enim"), an innovative company that specializes in the revalorization of precious metals and critical strategic minerals from obsolete ...

In the previous article, “PCBs Rise from Ashes,” methods and processes behind the recycling of PCBs and components were explored. This instalment takes a look at the recovered materials themselves—the ...

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows how electrochemistry can be used to extract precious metals from discarded electronics in an efficient and environmentally friendly ...