Scientists have figured out a way to recycle important metals trapped inside electrical waste. Using textiles, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have improved the ...

'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than ...

The partnership will expand sustainable recycling solutions for lithium-ion batteries, plastics, solar panels, and ...

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 ...

A new method for recovering high-purity gold from discarded electronics is paying back US$50 for every dollar spent, according to researchers – who found the key gold-filtering substance in ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney, ...

Evotus plans to start a plant in Raleigh, North Carolina, to recover investment-grade gold from e-scrap. The company raised about $1.2 million to build a 15,000-square-foot facility. The center will ...

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More jewelers, large and small, are using precious metals recovered from electronic waste. By Jessica Bumpus Twelve years ago, Eliza Walter was studying design at high school in England when she ...

According to a recent report by the IAER (International Association of Electronics Recyclers), about 1 billion units of computer equipment will become obsolete or be "retired" between now and 2010.