The global increase in the use of computers has lead to a huge stockpile of old computers and electronic equipment.
Scientists have been working on a new study that could see computer components, which are potentially toxic, recycled and potentially used to fuel your car. The study aims to find an environmentally friendly and cost efficient method for recycling computer components.
The researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a way of recycling printed circuit boards into a raw material which could be re-used in fuel, plastic and other products. Combinations of high temperatures, catalysts and chemical filtration were used to process the circuit boards, by scientist Cornelia Vesile and her colleagues. The results from the processing method, whish removed almost all of the toxic substances from all the scraps, were oils that can be safely used as fuel or raw materials called feedstocks.
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