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Turning Tech Trash Into Precious Metals: Extracting Gold, Silver and Copper From Electronic Waste


Waste computers and cell phones, solar panels, and other electronic waste are becoming an important source of noble metals alongside mining. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed sustainable dissolution methods for noble metals. The extraction methods currently in use consume a

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