Mining E-Waste [1]: \"Mark Small...

Mining E-Waste: "Mark Small has a radical solution for dealing with the glut of old computers, cell phones, DVDs and other electronic waste: mining. Rather than allowing electronic junk to simply amass in landfills, Small wants to deposit huge volumes of e-waste into abandoned open pit mines. Using the same techniques that miners use to process copper ore, valuable materials such as copper, iron, glass, gold and plastic could be extracted from electronic scrap."