At its site in Hobart, international zinc producer Nyrstar has implemented a technical upgrade as part of a broader capacity ...

The copper producer says its new system installed in Hamburg, Germany, will assess the metals content of electronic scrap, ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new method to efficiently recover rare earth elements from electronic waste, ...

Can deriving clean-burning fuel from scrap aluminum be used to help kick-start a green hydrogen economy? Or are the optimistic promises simply a matter of sloppy bookkeeping?

The new technique eliminates toxic chemicals by using a common disinfectant and a recyclable polymer to recover gold from ...

Scientists at Flinders University developed a safe, sustainable way to extract gold from e-waste and ore - without mercury or cyanide.

A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

An engineering study focused on determining the feasibility of building a battery recycling facility next to Electra Battery Materials’ cobalt refinery in Canada is completed, company officials said i ...

UNEP's Global Centre of Excellence on environmentally-sound waste management. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) was established in ...

A new technique has been developed to safely and sustainably extract gold from e-waste, reducing reliance on toxic chemicals ...

Use of municipal solid waste (MSW) as fuel for electricity generation reduces landfill disposal and can mitigate air quality degradation associated with combustion of conventional fossil fuels.

The overall economic impact of e-waste management in 2022 was a loss equivalent to USD 37 billion. The main costs consist of USD 78 billion in externalized costs to the population and the environment, ...