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Re:Recycling is Garbage (1996) by garfij on Monday June 22, 2015 @04:26PM (#9760958)
There is more gold in a ton of garbage electronics than there is in a ton of gold ore.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs060-01/fs060-01.pdf http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-527_en.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28802646

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Re:Recycling is Garbage (1996) by JoeAltmaier on Monday June 22, 2015 @04:41PM (#9761047)
Cool! If only electronics were concentrated somehow in a landfill, instead of thinly spread around.
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