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tastyfreeze
27 days 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
27 days 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
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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