lixo eletrônico

Economy

Old chargers forgotten in the drawer may hide copper, reusable parts, and a simple chance to save before they become electronic waste.

Viviane Alves 11/06/2026 at 11:01

Interesting facts

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

Carla Teles 29/05/2026 at 22:11

Mining

Brazil could be throwing away a fortune in e-waste while it competes with the world for critical minerals and tries to map its largest urban mine.

Caio Aviz 06/05/2026 at 17:46

Com 62 milhões de toneladas de lixo eletrônico geradas em apenas um ano e metais avaliados em US$ 91 bilhões escondidos dentro de celulares, computadores e cabos descartados, refinarias especializadas estão transformando sucata digital em ouro, cobre e terras-raras numa nova forma de mineração urbana

Industry

With 62 Million Tons of E-Waste Generated in Just One Year and Metals Valued at $91 Billion Hidden Inside Discarded Phones, Computers, and Cables, Specialized Refineries Are Turning Digital Scrap Into Gold, Copper, and Rare Earths in a New Form of Urban Mining

Valdemar Medeiros 15/03/2026 at 06:38

Em Agbogbloshie, em Accra (Gana), até 250 mil toneladas de lixo eletrônico por ano viram cobre a céu aberto, mas a fumaça tóxica transforma o bairro em um dos pontos mais contaminados do planeta

Industry

In Agbogbloshie, Accra (Ghana), Up to 250,000 Tons of E-Waste Per Year Turn into Open-Air Copper, but Toxic Smoke Turns the Neighborhood into One of the Most Contaminated Places on the Planet

Valdemar Medeiros 10/02/2026 at 17:40

Milhões de geladeiras e TVs velhas estão virando matéria prima de volta para fábricas e carros, mas o mundo ainda deixa 77,7% do lixo eletrônico fora da reciclagem formal

Science and Technology

Millions of Old Refrigerators and TVs Are Being Turned Back Into Raw Materials for Factories and Cars, but the World Still Leaves 77.7% of E-Waste Out of Formal Recycling

Geovane Souza 12/01/2026 at 20:21

Lingote de ouro apoiado sobre placas de circuito eletrônico, ilustrando o processo sustentável de extração de ouro a partir de lixo eletrônico.

Science and Technology

New Chemical Process Extracts Gold From Electronic Waste With Surprising Efficiency and Indicates a Historic Turn for Sustainable Mining With Simple Reagents and Reusable Polymers

Caio Aviz 27/11/2025 at 13:17

Usinas que 'garimpam' placas e transformam lixo eletrônico em fortuna o negócio bilionário da sucata digital que muda o fim de um computador em começo de riqueza

Interesting facts

Plants That ‘Pan’ For Parts and Transform Electronic Waste Into Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Business of Digital Scrap That Turns a Computer’s End Into a Beginning of Wealth

Carla Teles 03/11/2025 at 16:19

Sem silício e sem metais raros: novo chip de madeira promete revolucionar eletrônicos descartáveis — no Brasil, lixo eletrônico ainda é problema crescente

Science and Technology

Without Silicon and Rare Metals: New Wooden Chip Promises to Revolutionize Disposable Electronics — In Brazil, E-Waste Remains a Growing Problem

Valdemar Medeiros 23/06/2025 at 10:23

Science and Technology

Turning Trash Into Treasure — How Microwave Ovens Are Revolutionizing Electronic Waste Recycling

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 10/06/2025 at 19:30

Descubra como a mineração urbana está revolucionando a recuperação de metais preciosos em São José dos Campos

Economy

E se eu te disser que seu celular pode ser uma mina de ouro? A Ambipar está extraindo até R$ 16.000 em ouro por tonelada de lixo urbano! Descubra como essa revolução na mineração urbana transforma resíduos eletrônicos em valiosos metais preciosos

Roberta Souza 17/12/2024 at 20:28

Old chargers forgotten in the drawer may hide copper, reusable parts, and a simple chance to save before they become electronic waste.

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

Brazil could be throwing away a fortune in e-waste while it competes with the world for critical minerals and tries to map its largest urban mine.

With 62 Million Tons of E-Waste Generated in Just One Year and Metals Valued at $91 Billion Hidden Inside Discarded Phones, Computers, and Cables, Specialized Refineries Are Turning Digital Scrap Into Gold, Copper, and Rare Earths in a New Form of Urban Mining

In Agbogbloshie, Accra (Ghana), Up to 250,000 Tons of E-Waste Per Year Turn into Open-Air Copper, but Toxic Smoke Turns the Neighborhood into One of the Most Contaminated Places on the Planet

Millions of Old Refrigerators and TVs Are Being Turned Back Into Raw Materials for Factories and Cars, but the World Still Leaves 77.7% of E-Waste Out of Formal Recycling

New Chemical Process Extracts Gold From Electronic Waste With Surprising Efficiency and Indicates a Historic Turn for Sustainable Mining With Simple Reagents and Reusable Polymers

Plants That ‘Pan’ For Parts and Transform Electronic Waste Into Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Business of Digital Scrap That Turns a Computer’s End Into a Beginning of Wealth

Without Silicon and Rare Metals: New Wooden Chip Promises to Revolutionize Disposable Electronics — In Brazil, E-Waste Remains a Growing Problem

Turning Trash Into Treasure — How Microwave Ovens Are Revolutionizing Electronic Waste Recycling

E se eu te disser que seu celular pode ser uma mina de ouro? A Ambipar está extraindo até R$ 16.000 em ouro por tonelada de lixo urbano! Descubra como essa revolução na mineração urbana transforma resíduos eletrônicos em valiosos metais preciosos

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

Workers were opening a modern road in Dover when they found, 6 meters below the asphalt, a 3,500-year-old boat made of stitched oak and plant fibers.

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

Two 17-year-old Kenyans use coconut shells, corn cobs, and recycled materials to create an exhaust filter that reduces 93.3% of pollutant particles and wins an environmental award in Africa.

Consumers eat six times more chicken than in the 1960s, global meat supply quadruples in 60 years, and FAO report reveals the invisible cost on the plate: livestock could drive 80% of the increase in agricultural emissions over the next decade.

Using high-resolution satellite images, archaeologists rediscovered the Egyptian city of Imet, buried for centuries in the Nile Delta, revealing rare multi-story houses, granaries, and a sacred road linked to the cobra goddess Wadjet, from about 2,400 years ago.