Europe's e‑waste is a valuable resource—let's not throw it away

PHYSorg
Sep 15, 2026, 11:20 am130 pts
Throwing something away that is urgently needed, expensive and difficult to source sounds crazy. Yet of the 60 metals contained in old electronic devices such as phones, screens and washing machines, only a few are recycled. That includes precious metals such as gold and silver and other metals such as aluminum…

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