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

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 of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a discovery that they say could turn recycling e-waste into a literal goldmine. The researchers devised a novel way to extract precious ...

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

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic waste poses one of the fastest growing waste challenges worldwide, with over 50 million tons generated annually. Yet hidden in obsolete devices lies substantial amounts ...

Some types of technology, such as smartphones and tablets, have become disposable to consumers. Chemistry could have a role to play when it comes to recycling items like old cell phones. Cell phones, ...

Scientists at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have developed a new process designed to improve gold recovery and recycle toxic cyanide used in mining. The method, called ‘Sustainable Gold ...