Old computers, television, mobile phones all get piled as they get discarded for new better ones. where does this electronic scrap go. It is around 40 million tons of trash annually.It is reported that these scraps contain precious metals like Gold, silver, platinum etc and as per UN study more Gold is present in these scraps than in a Gold mine.
" To mine one gram of gold, most companies will move a tone of ore. But it would be far simpler to get the gold through recycling -- you can find the same amount of gold in 41 mobile phones"
Mobile phones worldwide require annually around , 15 percent of cobalt production, 13 percent of palladium and 3 percent of the gold and silver .
e-waste -- which includes any discarded or end-of-life appliances that used electricity or has electrically-powered parts -- contain both valuable and hazardous materials such as lead or mercury. And like other toxin-containing goods, e-waste requires special recycling methods in order to properly dispose of its materials.
" To mine one gram of gold, most companies will move a tone of ore. But it would be far simpler to get the gold through recycling -- you can find the same amount of gold in 41 mobile phones"
Mobile phones worldwide require annually around , 15 percent of cobalt production, 13 percent of palladium and 3 percent of the gold and silver .
e-waste -- which includes any discarded or end-of-life appliances that used electricity or has electrically-powered parts -- contain both valuable and hazardous materials such as lead or mercury. And like other toxin-containing goods, e-waste requires special recycling methods in order to properly dispose of its materials.
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