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The treasure trove hidden in discarded computers
- interestica 6y agoLess than quarter of this article is actually about sourcing rare-earths from discarded computers (hydrogen-processed neodymium magnets in hard drives). The rest focuses on the existing sources and needs to build up new, and less vulnerable to disruption, supply chains in advance of a major increase in needs for rare earth (article suggests a doubling by 2025).
- mesozoic 6y agoI saw a youtube video where someone did this and estimated the ROI it was very bad at this point but maybe at scale it works out but has many issues.