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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 ...
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Sponge made from a cheesy waste product can help recover the gold from your dumped circuit boards

It's not every day somebody looks at a lump of cheese and thinks it could help solve part of the mounting problem that is e-waste. But that's pretty much what researchers in Switzerland have done by ...
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Scientists discover innovative method to pull gold out of common waste: 'It is increasingly important'

There's treasure in trash — literally. Discarded computers, circuit boards, and other electronic waste contain valuable metals like gold. Now, breakthrough research could make extracting gold easier ...
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Chinese technique recovers over 98% of gold from old phones

Researchers in China have introduced a room-temperature process that extracts over 98% of gold from discarded electronics, ...