Have you ever wondered why companies are so eager for your old electronics? It's not because they want your previous iPhone ...

Scientists have figured out a way to recycle important metals trapped inside electrical waste. Using textiles, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have improved the ...

Many electronic items you use daily, including your laptops, chargers, and smartphones, contain a tiny amount of gold. This is because gold is an excellent conductor of electricity and doesn’t rust or ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed an innovative method to extract pure gold from electronic waste using whey, a ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold ...

A team led by Cornell researchers has devised an innovative method to recover gold from electronic waste and repurpose it as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO 2) into organic compounds.

Researchers in China have introduced a room-temperature process that extracts over 98% of gold from discarded electronics, including old phones, in less than 20 minutes, at a cost of about US$1,455 ...