We should be mining e-waste - not the ground - for valuable and critical metals

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The UK must develop facilities to extract valuable metals from electronic waste, or it risks falling behind growing global competition, argues Inprotec's Chris Oldroyd

You probably own more gold, silver and platinum than you think. Admittedly, not a huge amount more, but more, nonetheless. That's because the electronic and electrical products we all own, from laptops...

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