Can Urban Mining Revolutionize Central Africa and its Conflict Minerals?
Violence is common when it comes to conflict minerals, the very same minerals powering your mobile and home…
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What’s in a Wearable?
So, what’s with wearables? What does their growing popularity mean for urban mining and e-waste recycling? Continue reading…
Reclaiming Metal Building Materials
Metals from building and construction sites are excellent candidates for reuse and can have significant advantages over traditional…
Extracting Gold from Cell Phones
Every cell phone contains trace amounts of gold, which means a global battle for gold reclamation is already…
Precious Metals in Tablets
E-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream across the globe, and tablets are quickly becoming a major culprit. Continue…
E-Waste May be Most Pressing Problem of the 21st Century
Most of us discard electronics items within three years of purchase, and that timespan is only getting smaller.…
On the E-Waste Trail
An investigation into the toxic trail of illegal e-waste that is ushered from the first to the third…
The Geography of the Global Electronic Waste Burden
Nearly a quarter of e-waste that developed countries discard floods into seven developing countries. Continue reading →