E-Waste is Wasting our Natural Resources
Electronic devices consume tons of gold and silver each year. Most of it becomes garbage, land fill, along…
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E-Waste Recycling Turns Phones into Gold
We throw things away. It’s just part of being a consumer culture. If a phone breaks or we’re…
Congress Reacts to Rare Earth Impasse
By Henry Leineweber, Resource Recycling U.S. lawmakers are reacting strongly to recent moves by the Chinese government to…
DVRs Sucking More Electricity Than Refrigerators
Digital video recorders (DVRs), cable and other pay-TV boxes have surpassed refrigerators as the most energy intensive products…
Rare Earth Prices Spike, Relief May be Years Away
Global demand for rare earth minerals has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in no small part by the…