Companies working to extract valuable minerals and metals from electronic waste could be eligible for up to Ј200,000 of funding from the Technology Strategy Board.
The government has announced it is to provide up to Ј200,000 of funding to support feasibility studies designed to assess new techniques for extracting valuable metals and minerals from electronics waste.
The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) revealed yesterday that it is to fund a new “Innovation Challenge” to be co-ordinated by the government and industry-backed Technology Strategy Board (TSB) designed to support local economy closed loop recycling projects.
Specifically, the TSB said Defra will invest “up to Ј200,000 for feasibility studies to evaluate novel technical methods and business processes that can deliver high-value opportunities for the extraction of metals and minerals from domestic and commercial waste streams”.
Source: Business Green
By James Murray