Archive for June, 2009

Pollution by Desktop – eWaste an Inconvenient Truth! (Part 2)

Jun 18, 2009 in Information, tutorials


Continued from the Previous Post…………..
c.) Ever been puzzled on eBay where you get some old computer processors on the auction block? These parts contain some gold which makes them good candidates for recycling and materials recovery. There may be articles on gold recovery out on the net but a stern warning, unless you are a chemist or metallurgist with the proper equipment and have ample safety equipment in place, you can kill yourself for gold recovery entails using cyanide, a very poisonous substance that is lethal. Leave the recycling to the experts and out of your microwave or stove!
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