There's treasure in trash — literally. Discarded computers, circuit boards, and other electronic waste contain valuable metals like gold. Now, breakthrough research could make extracting gold easier ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese researchers have discovered a fast, low-cost and environmentally cleaner method for extracting gold from electronic waste, ...

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 ...

“The Royal Mint is transforming for the future, and the opening of our Precious Metals Recovery factory marks a pivotal step in our journey,” Anne Jessopp, Chief Executive at the Royal Mint, said in a ...

ITRI Innovation Ltd. (a subsidiary of ITRI, based in Hertfordshire, U.K.) has launched a joint venture with its partner Ultromex Ltd. to recover tin and other metals from scrap circuit boards. The ...

Issues surrounding recycling of electronic waste. Jabil's efforts to improve electronics sustainability. Details about Retronix's groundbreaking technology for component reuse The global electronics ...

Inside all TVs, computers, mobile phones, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices lies a circuit board of some sort, and inside that circuit board lies gold. Though it only exists in tiny ...