“Overall, this work provides a viable approach to achieve greener gold production from both primary and secondary resources, ...

New recyclable electronics could be critical to curbing e-waste, scientists argue, especially because these circuit boards ...

The simple leaching and recovery methods were demonstrated on ore, circuit boards from obsolete computers and scientific ... and then "un-make" the sorbent after it bound gold. This recycling method ...

If that's too pricey but you still want to support the idea of recycling metal from e-waste, the company also offers a range of silver jewelry made from metal that has been recovered from x-ray ...

Discover a groundbreaking method to recover pure 24K gold from discarded electronics scrap using an innovative and highly efficient process. This video reveals step-by-step techniques that safely ...

Gold extraction has relied on highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide and mercury, which are infamous for causing severe environmental damage.

A new process separates pure gold from electronic waste, such as circuit boards, old phones and old computers using chemicals ...

And that trash contains treasure. 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.

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 ...

The less toxic way scientists are mining gold from electronic waste 02:31. Freeport, New York — At eWorks in Freeport, New York, piles of dusty televisions, personal computers, printers and ...

Engineers also demonstrated that the material remains highly conductive and can recover its electrical function after being ...

Not all of these elements are easy to see, but at least one can always be found on a board. On average, one tonne of circuit boards produces 165gm of gold, equating to around £9,000. This plant has ...