Australia's data centre sector keeps expanding to meet demand from cloud platforms, financial services, and the local streaming economy. AWS runs its Asia…
Australia generates more than twenty kilograms of electronic waste per person each year, putting it near the top of OECD rankings for per-capita discarded…
Moisture is a small input variable with a substantial effect on the energy profile of electronic-waste recycling. In an ALS2 precious-metals recovery plant,…
X-ray film and photographic waste contain a valuable material that is easy to overlook: silver held in a light-sensitive emulsion. Although hospitals, dental…
Gold sits at the top of the conductivity rankings among metals, beaten only by silver and copper on a volume basis but outperforming almost everything when…
Used spark plugs can contain valuable platinum-group metals, including rhodium in selected electrode designs and specialist applications. Although the quantity…
Electronic scrap rarely arrives as a neat stream of gold, silver or palladium. Printed circuit boards, connectors, relays and industrial components contain…
Gold recovery is often judged by the metal produced, yet the environmental account begins much earlier. Mining, ore preparation, chemical use, transport, water…
Hybrid electric vehicles combine a petrol engine with high-voltage electrical systems, battery controls, power electronics and communication modules. Many of…
Australia’s e-waste stream is growing across households, offices, data centres, telecommunications networks and industrial sites. Much of this material…