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Good place as any to ask: can you give a rough percentage of how much material can be recycled from high-end electronics like GPUs? 5%? 20%? Is it mostly rare

Good place as any to ask: can you give a rough percentage of how much material can be recycled from high-end electronics like GPUs? 5%? 20%? Is it mostly rarer and more expensive materials like gold/lithium, or is it mainly bulk plastic and aluminium?

theandrewbailey 1y ago
No idea, aside from the steel chassis and copper/aluminum heatsinks. My company collects devices, sorts and disassembles them, and sells the scrap. Since we collect a lot of stuff that still works (like decommissioned corporate IT equipment), I work in the refurb division[0], so I don't have much insight into how much material can get broken down and recycled. [0] https://www.ebay.com/str/evolutionecycling https://www.ebay.com/str/evolutionecycling