Two trucks transport gold ore from Barrick Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales, Australia.
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A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
Most of the world’s electronics are not recycled, posing health and environmental risks.
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Technical advances are reducing the volume of e-waste generated in the US as lighter, more compact products enter the market. But those goods can be harder to reuse and recycle.
Sandra Wilson in the Love Chemistry Laboratory, Edinburgh, working with gold chloride.
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There’s 33 times more gold in the average handset than in the equivalent amount of ore. Yet the vast majority is never recovered.