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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/from-e-waste-to-gold-a-pathway-to-co2-sustainability-2-2/
- Published: 2025-01-04T09:45:05-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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% […] Click here to view original web page at news.cornell.edu