How Scrappers Cash In On Gold From Your Old Computer, World Wide Waste, Business Insider
One ton of circuit boards contains about 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Cawley in Sydney, Australia, are cashing in. Hes partnered with Mint Innovation, a company that uses microbes to recover precious metals from electronics. In a single day, Mint can salvage up to 85, 000 of gold in their new recycling facility. Editors Note: January 26, 2024 At 4:28, a graphic in this video incorrectly identifies Jason Gaber as 85, 000 Per Day 01:24 Urban Mining 01:56 Finding Gold In Electronics 02:45 Massive Recycling Problems 03:09 Shark Scrapper 04:05 Making Money From Scrap 04:45 Dangers in India s EWaste 06:25 Mint Innovation Australia 07:35 Mint s Methods 08:40 Recovering Copper And Tin 09:02 Extracting The Gold 10:08 Why Its Safer 10:38 Wades Vintage Electronics 11:35 Most Valuable EWaste 12:14 The Export Problem
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