Urban Mining - Gold in our trash - VPRO documentary - 2015

Our waste is worth money. Recovering it has started up a new global industry worth billions. It is called Urban Mining and it appears to be the solution for many of our environmental problems and our energy needs. And it is hot. A ton of broken mobile phones, computers or other electronic waste...

48 min - Science & Tech - VPRO Documentary

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