An curved arrow pointing right. One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney ...

The only exception is gold in waste electronics ... the scope of its Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals From Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and calls on ...

e-waste generated $15 billion in gold, but only $3 billion was recovered, and less than 30% of recycled PCBs were processed sustainably. As governments push for greener solutions and the e-waste ...