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DoomsdaysCWStartups are raking in up to $85,000 per day by recycling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gold</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#copper</a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#electronics</a> thrown in the trash — <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EWaste</a> 'gold mining' efforts are expandingBy Aaron Klotz published January 31, 2024The e-waste recycling boom is upon us."Did you know that the materials inside your old, outdated TV, laptop, desktop, and other electronic devices contain precious metals such as gold and copper? According to Business Insider, small startups are cashing in on the untapped potential of the e-waste industry, making as much as $85,000 per day <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#recycling</a> old electronic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CircuitBoards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CircuitBoards</a>. The initiatives will also likely continue to expand — worldwide, there's a projected $55-$60 billion worth of precious metals inside abandoned circuit boards just waiting to be collected."E-waste is quickly becoming one of the biggest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environmental</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hazards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hazards</a> affecting our world today. More than 50 million tons of electronics get tossed in the trash, with much of that garbage being sent to third-world countries (most notably <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#India</a>) for recycling. It's an environmental nightmare that's projected to become substantially worse over the next decade due to our insatiable desire for new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#phones</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#laptops</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PCs</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TVs</a>, and anything that requires electricity to run."On top of this, much of our e-waste doesn't get recycled at all, being left to rot in garages, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#landfills</a>, and city streets. The United States alone only collects about 15% of all the e-waste for recycling that its citizens create on a daily basis."The flip side to this situation is that e-waste is simultaneously becoming one of the most underrated 'gold mines' of the modern era, thanks to all of the valuable metals housed inside most circuit boards. Worldwide, there's a projected $55-$60 billion worth of precious metals inside abandoned circuit boards just waiting to be collected."Business Insider followed several scrappers and a small startup in Sydney, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Australia</a>, to see how much income these smaller entities can make from recycling e-waste. It found that solo scrappers can't make a full-time income out of e-waste yet, but scrappers who work in larger organizations, particularly organizations / startups with access to heavy machinery, can generate some serious income."One such startup that Business Insider interviewed was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MintInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MintInnovation</a>. Scrappers who find e-waste and drop it off at Mint Innovation can make as much as several thousand dollars per load. Mint Innovation has virtually mastered the art of metal extraction from e-waste, utilizing tons of special machines and a secret special sauce designed to break down electronic circuit boards and separate the valuable metals inside from unwanted plastics and other materials the metals are attached to."The fully automated setup Mint Innovation has built can generate an impressive $85,000 of income per day from the raw metals it collects from e-waste. That translates into about $30 million in income per year."Mint Innovation perfectly demonstrates the amount of potential income the e-waste industry can access right now. The problem, however, is that there is not a lot of infrastructure dedicated to e-waste processing, making it difficult for e-waste scavengers to make a livable income. That could easily change in the future, as e-waste pollution continues to rise and more entrepreneurs understand the income potential e-waste can generate."If you want to take a crack at recycling your own e-waste, we made a fun tutorial several years ago to teach you the basics.Source::<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/startups-are-raking-in-up-to-dollar85000-per-day-by-recycling-gold-and-copper-from-electronics-thrown-in-the-trash-e-waste-gold-mining-efforts-are-expanding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/startups-are-raking-in-up-to-dollar85000-per-day-by-recycling-gold-and-copper-from-electronics-thrown-in-the-trash-e-waste-gold-mining-efforts-are-expanding</a>How to: <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/550-gold-motherboard-chemistry.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/550-gold-motherboard-chemistry.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LessMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreRecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MoreRecycling</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CopperMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Reuse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Recycle</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReduceReuseRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ReduceReuseRecycle</a>

DoomsdaysCWMore of this, please! More <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#recycling</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LessMining</a>!More than 600K pounds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectronicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ElectronicWaste</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EWaste</a>) has been diverted from landfills thanks to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> teenagers Over the past 12 years, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ca%C3%B1onCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CañonCity</a> High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutions by Sue McMillin Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerRecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TigerRecycling</a> at Cañon City High School. To be precise: 623,702 pounds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#laptops</a>, dismantled <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/desktops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#desktops</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cellphones</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/printers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#printers</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/televisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#televisions</a>, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors. "Amid the haul were assorted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmallAppliances" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SmallAppliances</a> — <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mixers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mixers</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SewingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SewingMachines</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#toasters</a> — and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#batteries</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cords</a> that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers. "While all this stuff is getting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reused" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reused</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repurposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#repurposed</a>, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HazardousWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HazardousWaste</a>, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aluminum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#aluminum</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#steel</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#plastic</a>), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers. "This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money. "'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Colorado</a>, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling. 'They are practicing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sustainability</a>, diverting materials from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#landfills</a>. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business."Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said."They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly."As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod."The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits. "He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that. He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."<a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReduceReuseRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ReduceReuseRecycle</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreRecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MoreRecycling</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LessMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CopperMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Reuse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Recycle</a>

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