30 Jul
2016
30 Jul
'16
5:32 p.m.
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Hrvoje Lasic lasich@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, every electronic device imported in EU will be recycled. Manufacturers (or importers) pay some fee at the time they put device on market and in theory there is some on other side of cycle who is responsible for collecting and recycling. Companies doing recycling are not only paid by this money but also there is money to be made from raw materials.
i think it was phil who mentioned that the concentration of heavy and rare earth metals is now higher in landfill sites than they are in the original mines...