Japan Looks for Rare Earth Alternatives
For the workers at Re-Tem Corporation in Tokyo, one person's trash is certainly another's treasure. They are one…
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China ‘Rare-Earths’ Stranglehold Weakened by Japan Recycling
As Deng Tsiao-Ping observed before his death, rare earth metals — which are crucial to producing all manner…
The dead gadget glutton
Our toys and devices are amazing -- until they're obsolete. That's bad news for the planet, but good…
Cell Phones’ Other Precious Metals
There are literally billions of cell phones around the world, and millions of makes and models, so it…
Urban Mining and Jewelry
We know that old electronics yield great potential for precious metal refining. That e-waste can in turn be…
Cell Phone Recycling in Numbers
The centerpiece of the urban mining movement is cell phones. The turnover on these devices is extremely high,…
Finding Commodities in Computers
Much like cell phones, computers are a vast expanse of electronic circuitry, but they typically contain even more…
Striking Gold in Cell Phones
In an age of "new every two" cellular device upgrading (if you can even hold out that long),…