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GTSO Advances Talks on Urban Mining Deal as E-Recycling Market Explodes SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- U.S.-based urban mining company Green Technology Solutions (OTCBB: GTSO) is exploring ...
Originally, an urban mine is the stockpile of rare metals in the discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) of a society. [4] Urban mining is the process of recovering these rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments. In 1997, recycled gold accounted for approximately 20% of the 2700 tons of gold supplied to the ...
Park Jai-koo, an urban mining expert at Hanyang University in Seoul, said electronic waste recycling can help mitigate high prices and limit reliance on outside sources for rare metals.
Increased E-Waste Awareness Opens New Opportunities for GTSO SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the rewards associated with e-waste recycling become better known, new urban mining ...
The e-Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA) [3] was established in 2008 to manage the establishment of a sustainable environmentally sound e-waste management system for the country. Since then the non-profit organization has been working with manufacturers, vendors and distributors of electronic and electrical goods and e-waste handlers ...
The smallest in terms of total e-waste made, Oceania was the largest generator of e-waste per capita (17.3 kg/inhabitant), with hardly 6% of e-waste cited to be gathered and recycled. Europe is the second broadest generator of e-waste per citizen, with an average of 16.6 kg/inhabitant; however, Europe bears the loftiest assemblage figure (35%).
Computer monitors are typically packed into low stacks on wooden pallets for recycling and then shrink-wrapped. [1]Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used.
GTSO Acquires Urban Mining Company Global Cell Buyers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GTSO Resources, the mining subsidiary of Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: GTSO), achieved a major ...