Dell has recycled e-plastics from end-of-life devices back into new electronics for years. Now, the global technology company is doing the same thing for gold.
Dell has recycled e-plastics from end-of-life devices back into new electronics for years. Now, the global technology company is doing the same thing for gold.
A Houston company’s rare earth element recovery technologies could mean another future revenue stream for electronics processors.
Scientists in India are working to refine the process of using microbes to extract metals from printed circuit boards.
Sims Recycling Solutions’ consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities. That was one takeaway from a recently released annual report.
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late. Such uncertainty could continue as China considers limits on taking in some metal grades.
Scientists have developed an environmentally friendly way to recover rare earth elements from shredded electronic scrap without the need for pre-sorting of materials.
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm’s latest financial filings.
A unique, non-toxic leaching technology that’s been deployed in Canada is set to roll out at the site of an electronics manufacturer in Tennessee.
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.