Let's be real here. Most of us toss old phones and computers into a drawer and forget they exist. Some go straight to the ...

There's a proper way to recycle home electronics equipment and it does not include putting them in your curbside recycle bin.

If you have old electronics sitting around your home, you may be able to recycle them for cash for the precious metals they contain. However, the quantities are small, so it usually makes sense if you ...

Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. Using gold earrings from a pawnshop in Gothenburg and biodiesel from the nearest filling station, the ...

If you open almost any modern gadget you'll almost definitely strike a tiny bit of gold. Thanks to the precious metal's high conductivity and resistance to corrosion it's used on printed circuit board ...

Flash joule heating is initially used for graphene production to transform food wastes into something useful. However, the modern method has shifted to retrieving important metals from electronic ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic waste poses one of the fastest growing waste challenges worldwide, with over 50 million tons generated annually. Yet hidden in obsolete devices lies substantial amounts ...

Experts say the e-waste crisis won’t be solved by better disposal. Real progress depends on redesigning devices for reuse, ...

Swiss commodities firm says it recovered 27,000 metric tons of copper for recycling in 2020. Glencore says its smelter in Quebec, Canada, helps make it “North America's largest processor of electronic ...

A subsidiary of the equipment and technology vendor says “closer to home” processing of electronic scrap is a recognizable ...

State officials announced its e-waste program resulted in more than 11.5 million pounds of electronics being recycled in the 2020 cycle. That amounts to 1.1 pounds per Michigan resident, or 20 percent ...