Your smartphone begins life neatly packed into a well-designed box. Chances are it will end its days in a more ignominious manner. Assuming it doesn’t end up rattling around in a junk drawer, it will ...
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Chinese scientists recover 98% of gold from old phones in 20 minutes at low cost
Chinese scientists have developed a rapid e-waste mining method that extracts gold in under 20 minutes at around one-third of ...
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 ...
In an era where technology evolves at a breakneck pace, our reliance on electronic devices is at an all-time high. This rapid advancement, however, brings with it a significant challenge: electronic ...
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What Valuable Materials Are Extracted from E-Waste?
Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...
Corporate responsibility today goes far beyond profit margins and shareholder value. Enterprises are increasingly embracing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to create ...
The Humane Ai Pin promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech but the device failed to attract users, becoming instead a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem. The ...
For many people, old electronics quickly fall out of sight and out of mind, sitting in a box in the back of the closet when they make their next upgrades. When they’re finally thrown out, the devices ...
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