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Umicore recycles electronic "waste"

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jcstp

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Feb 7, 2011
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video showing the recycling : Videozone

A EU ruling says all electronics must recycled and can not be exported illegally.
All shops must collect used electronics from their clients

In the "waste" of computers there is silver , gold , palladium , ... In total 17 metals

The collected "waste" is actually an open-air mine. There are more metals in it then that you could find in ore!

1kg of gold is equivalent of 3 tons of GSM's

only 1 to 2% of GSM's is recycled

It makes sense to recycle because there are to much noble materials in it to get them into a dump


http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120119IPR35666/html/Better-management-of-e-waste
 
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