[caption id="attachment_10373" align="alignright" width="300"] In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.[/caption]
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries.
A metals company will expand capacity at a Swedish copper smelter that consumes substantial volumes of printed circuit boards.
Sweden-headquartered Boliden announced it will invest 350 million Swedish krona (about $38.5 mill
A Canadian e-scrap technology company has received over $700,000 after pitching its hydrometallurgical process on a reality TV show.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan startup Excir Works presented its business case and described its metals recovery process to a panel on "Dragons' Den," a CBC Television show akin to "Shar
Gold mining is historically important to North Carolina: It experienced America's first gold rush in the early 1800s, and the Charlotte Mint was built to mint coins from all the gold coming out of the ground.
Carol and Peter Jegou didn't realize the region's gold connection when they launched All Green Recycling (AGR) and its precious metals recovery business in Char
Global e-scrap flows have helped China dominate lithium-ion battery recycling but have hampered similar efforts in North America, according to a recently published report.
This year, nearly two-thirds of the lithium-ion battery volume recycled globally will be done in China, according to an analysis titled "
This story has been updated.
Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator - their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.
The health hazard evaluations, which were conducted by the National Institute for O
Startup EnviroLeach has raised its precious metals yield capabilities and has moved forward on developing new e-scrap processing plants.
The Vancouver, B.C.
Several minerals used in electronics were recently deemed critical to the economic and national security of the U.S.
The list includes antimony (found in batteries and flame retardants), cobalt (rechargeable batteries), gallium (i
A project in Europe seeks to scale up a new technique for recovering metals from printed circuit boards and other electronic components.
The RecEOL project, which will cost 1.4 million euro (about $1.6 million), will use two patented recovery processes developed in Ireland.
The U.S.
In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.[/caption]
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries.
A metals company will expand capacity at a Swedish copper smelter that consumes substantial volumes of printed circuit boards.
Sweden-headquartered Boliden 
A Canadian e-scrap technology company has received over $700,000 after pitching its hydrometallurgical process on a reality TV show.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan startup Excir Works presented its business case and described its metals recovery process to a panel on "Dragons' Den," a CBC Television show akin to "Shar
Gold mining is historically important to North Carolina: It experienced America's first gold rush in the early 1800s, and the Charlotte Mint was built to mint coins from all the gold coming out of the ground.
Carol and Peter Jegou didn't realize the region's gold connection when they launched All Green Recycling (AGR) and its precious metals recovery business in Char
Global e-scrap flows have helped China dominate lithium-ion battery recycling but have hampered similar efforts in North America, according to a recently published report.
This year, nearly two-thirds of the lithium-ion battery volume recycled globally will be done in China, according to an analysis titled "
This story has been updated.
Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator - their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.
The health hazard evaluations, which were conducted by the National Institute for O
Startup EnviroLeach has raised its precious metals yield capabilities and has moved forward on developing new e-scrap processing plants.
The Vancouver, B.C.
Several minerals used in electronics were recently deemed critical to the economic and national security of the U.S.
A project in Europe seeks to scale up a new technique for recovering metals from printed circuit boards and other electronic components.
The RecEOL project, which will cost 1.4 million euro (about $1.6 million), will use two patented recovery processes developed in Ireland.