Vatican News - English --- A new technique for recovering precious metals from electronic waste products

 25 Oct 2022

What happens to those old cell phones that we no longer use or the computers, tablets, or the electronic and other equipment from hospitals? Mostly they end up in open landfills with a disastrous impact on the environment. But one company in the Italian province of Cremona has developed a clever system for recovering and refining the gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other precious elements contained in these devices. A recent accord has also been struck with the Vatican. Gottardi: with the Pope we say ‘no’ to the culture of waste and exploitation.
A new technique for recovering precious metals from electronic waste products

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