Title: Electronics Recycling- Rich Source of Precious Metals
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Old Electronic Devices Provide Precious Metals for Recyclers
The Importance of Electronics Recycling
Recovery of Precious Metals
Recycling of E-Waste

Content: Not enough of overall devices find their way to recyclers, and for the ones that do, not enough metals are recovered from those devices, on a global scale. Recycling results in only a 10 to 15% recovery of all the gold stored in e-waste. The rest is lost. This low recycling rate stresses the need for initiatives to help promote the recovery of precious resources. This can be accomplished through: Policies that promote design for recycling
Policies and incentives to increase the e-scrap recycling rate, encouraging the public to recycle their end of life devices rather than stockpiling them in residences - where as much as 75% of end-of-life devices is estimated to be inventoried
Preventing export of e-scrap to countries that will use processes resulting in a low recovery rate
Promoting investment in best practices to ensure that recovery will be maximized in both developed and developing countries. Recycling of E-Waste
The recycling process varies among jurisdictions. The processing of e-scrap involves primary and secondary steps. In the primary phase, electronic devices are dismantled or demanufactured, and the components sorted. Further processing then takes place, often at secondary recycling facilities.