What Happens to the Plastic From Recycled Electronics?
What Happens to the Plastic From Recycled Electronics? Ever wonder where the plastic shell of your old laptop ends up? You drop off a busted printer. It vanishes from your garage. But the plastic does not just disappear into thin air. Here is the short answer. The...
Silver, Palladium and Platinum in Electronics Where They Hide
Silver, Palladium and Platinum in Electronics Where They Hide Most people look at an old server and see junk. It is not junk. That box holds silver. It holds palladium. It may even hold platinum. The amounts look tiny per device. Stack a pallet of them and the math...
Copper Recovery From E-Waste
Copper Recovery From E-Waste The Metal Recyclers Actually Chase Copper is the metal recyclers chase hardest in old electronics. It hides in your wires, boards, and motors. And it holds real value, even when the device is dead. Most folks look at a broken laptop and...
Can E-Waste Be 100% Recycled? What’s Actually Recoverable
Can E-Waste Be 100% Recycled? What’s Actually Recoverable Quick answer: no, e-waste can’t be 100% recycled yet. But it gets a lot closer than most people think. Modern recyclers recover roughly 85 to 95 percent of a typical device by weight. The metals...
