WorldPingEurope's e‑waste is a valuable resource—let's not throw it away
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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.
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- Yet of the 60 metals contained in old electronic devices such as phones, screens and washing machines, only a few are recycled.
- Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:20:01 UTC.
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