New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

In the dark corners of your attic shelves or the depths of your desk drawers likely sits a collection of defunct laptops, cameras, and gaming consoles. The phone you may be reading this on will ...

A novel method developed by a Cornell-led research team offers a dual solution to two pressing environmental problems: e-waste recycling and carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction. The team’s innovation ...

Freeport, New York — At eWorks in Freeport, New York, piles of dusty televisions, personal computers, printers and other old tech are the start of an electronic treasure hunt. "There is a value that ...

Urban mining offers a sustainable solution for resource recovery, transforming e-waste into valuable materials and supporting ...

Using a proprietary chemical process pioneered by Canadian firm Excir, England's The Royal Mint has begun mining old circuit boards from electronic devices for gold and converting what's harvested ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...

The national initiatives to recycle electronic waste (e-waste) are set to explore further investment in recycled materials su ...