BBCNEWS Breakfast March 21, 2022 06:25:00
The process needs to be shifted from the lab to work on an industrial scale. so if you take all of the disused electronics around your home, that represents about 7% of the world's gold. that is a huge number, and really gives us the initiative and the imperative to start recycling those electronics. globally, about 50 million tonnes of e—waste is being produced annually, but only 20% is currently being recycled. in the uk, each person generates 24 kilograms of e—waste each year. that's the second highest amount in the world. scientists say we could look to other countries who are doing a ...