Obsolete or broken laptops and phones are frequently and casually tossed away, which now means the world’s fastest growing waste stream is electrical waste. The Royal Mint, the UK’s official coin manufacturer, has invested in enhanced processing facilities at its plant in South Wales. With world first technology, it can now recover gold and other critical raw materials from discarded circuit boards. The Manufacturer’s Tom St John went inside the factory to find out more.
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, and by spring the following year 40,000 miners had flocked to the then sleepy and little-known backwater town. These prospectors were seeking their fortune, and their journey west was one of personal gain and peril. My drive down to South Wales, wet and treacherous as it may have…
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