Electrical waste recycling could be part of a new "environmental gold rush" according to a new report. Gold recovered properly from electrical waste is of a purity and quality similar to virgin gold, potentially saving massive amounts of energy and reducing CO_2 emissions. The report found that a tonne of waste circuit boards could yield 400g of gold - 80 times more than the same quantity of gold ore would provide. The research, by Aachen University, was commissioned to celebrate the 100m tonnes of electrical waste recycled by the European Recycling Platform (ERP).
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