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E-Wasteland

Scrap components are submerged in strong acid then heated. Gold plating gradually comes away and sinks, the acid solution is discarded and the gold is recovered. 30g of gold can be recovered from 1kg of e-waste.

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E-waste "cooking" in acid, Seelampur, Delhi, India