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The Hidden Cost of E-Waste Recycling
· 11 min · S4 E196
Episode The Hidden Cost of E-Waste Recycling
We drill into the economics of rare earth element recovery from discarded electronics. With global e-waste hitting ninety million metric tons, Lucas and Luna explore why recycling rates for gold, cobalt, and lithium remain stubbornly low despite the price spikes. We look at the specific mechanical and chemical bottlenecks that make urban mining harder than digging in the ground, and what new hydrometallurgical processes might finally tip the scales by twenty thirty.
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