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New Technique for Recycling PCBs

MattSparkes writes "PCBs from discarded computers, cellphones and other devices could be recycled less harmfully using a technique developed by researchers in China. Unlike current methods, it can be used to reclaim metals such as copper without releasing toxic fumes into the air. Only a small numbers of PCBs are currently recycled."

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  1. How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    someone recycling PHB's. Preferably into something useful.

  2. PHBs? by srealm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I first read that as 'Recycling PHBs' ... now that is something I would REALLY like to see, because lord knows I need a new boss!

  3. Re:Bulding materials? by Threni · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Thus, if you happen to be inside one of these buildings when they catch fire, you are really screwed!

    Yes, if you ever find yourself inside a burning building, my advice to you is to get out immediately.

  4. Re:That's better. by couchslug · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I was getting tired of all the fear-mongering with regard to China."

    The copper reclaimed from the circuit boards is being machined into shaped charge projectiles by the Sino-Jihadist Internationale, a shadowy Islamo-Maoist group. Just when we thought the Yellow Peril had receded, it reappears in a slightly browner incarnation.

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