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tastyfreeze
1 day ago
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Ask HN: Why are electronics still so unrecyclable?
Depends on what you are trying to recover. Recovering precious metals from electronics is no more difficult than processing precious metal ore.
wongarsu
1 day ago
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Which comes back around to logistics and scale: refining ore is cheap because ore is delivered on multiple 300t haul trucks or in giant trains
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frankus
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I wonder if part of it is also that mining companies are generally allowed to just leave their tailings in a big pile near the mine rather than have to responsibly dispose of the majority of the ore that has no (or negative) commercial value.
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