The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation in India has developed a technology to recover metal from discarded electronics in an environmentally-friendly way. The new approach is said to involve safer chemical steps, converting zinc waste into a high-value zinc salt using simple leaching and hydrothermal stages, according to the Indian research team. The commercial price of the recovered product is currently around Rs 800 000 per kg (US＄ 11 940) and so the economic benefits of this new process are ‘significant’ for the recycling industries.

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