Every SIM card contains a small integrated-circuit module, while many payment, access and identification cards use a similar construction. The visible…
Australia’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector is expanding as households, businesses and public organisations replace devices more…
The growing mountain of discarded electronics contains an often-overlooked treasure: trace amounts of gold locked inside specialised ceramic components.…
Electronic waste is a difficult material stream for any recycling plant. A single load may combine printed circuit boards, aluminium housings, copper wire,…
Medical devices contain many small, valuable components that are easy to overlook during end-of-life processing. Membrane switch assemblies, used in control…
Mercury can enter electronic waste streams through older switches, relays, fluorescent backlights, measuring instruments, batteries and contaminated industrial…
Multilayer ceramic capacitors, more commonly shortened to MLCCs, sit at the heart of nearly every modern electronic device. Smartphones, laptops, automotive…
Australians generate more than 20 kilograms of electronic waste per person each year, and a small but valuable fraction sits inside chemistry laboratories,…
Electronic waste contains valuable metals, yet recovering them can require considerable energy. For a compact precious-metals plant, the heat used by reactors,…