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How microwaves are revolutionizing e-waste recycling
This hard drive circuit board contains orange surface-mount tantalum capacitors, used to store energy in compact electronic devices. Credit: Terence Musho/West Virginia University...
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Self-healing circuit boards offer new path to reducing global e-waste
The recyclable circuit created by teams from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia...
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Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills. Microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the computer or phone you’re using right now blinks its last blink and you drop it off for...
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AI-powered robots help tackle Europe’s growing e-waste problem
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain EU researchers have developed adaptable robots that could transform the way we recycle electronic waste, benefiting both the environment...
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Humans generate 62 million tons of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tons of electronic waste—or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5...
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Automated disassembly for e-waste recycling
The robot lifting the motherboard out of the housing. Credit: Fraunhofer IFF A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste,...
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Robots should be repurposed rather than recycled to combat rising scale of e-waste, scientists warn
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life...
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