Interestingly, in the vast majority of cases, old chips are pulled from recycled circuit boards and new labels are written over the original. Sometimes the forgery is as simple as changing the ...

These include plastic and glass, as well as precious metals like gold and silver from the circuit boards. After purifying and refining, the recycled materials can be used in new electronics or put ...

In one day, Mint can salvage up to $85,000 in gold from recycled electronics. More from World Wide Waste One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ...

In addition, the solvents used can be easily recycled. Researchers at the University of Helsinki tested organic solvents on crushed circuit boards, successfully extracting the gold and copper ...