From e-waste to gold: a pathway to CO2 sustainability

Image credit: Jose Conejo Saenz via Pixabay. Article by Tom Fleischman. Cornell Chronicle – January 2, 2025. Study: Nature Communications.

A Cornell-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, to organic materials. The method could provide a sustainable use for some of the approximately 50 million tons of e-waste discarded each year, only 20% […]

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