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Here is a great solution to the recovery of precious metals from E-waste:
Old newspaper could be worth its weight in gold.

Old electronic consumer devices such as computers, televisions and mobile phones are an important source of precious metals, which are used in their manufacture. But recovering the metals isn't easy and usually requires large quantities of chemicals that are known to damage the environment.

Now a team of Japanese chemists says it can do a similar job using inexpensive and renewable materials.

Katsutoshi Inoue and colleagues at Saga University in Japan, crushed and washed old newspapers and then combined the pulp with a chlorine compound.

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