The Royal Mint: A Step in the Right Direction
We certainly wouldn’t wish to quibble with the Royal Mint’s sterling efforts to recover gold from e-waste so that it can be recycled back into their business.
And part of their extraction process does, indeed, include new, clean chemistry from Canada, meaning they use less energy to recover said precious metal.
Their efforts to reduce energy consumption during the gold extraction process are a significant step forward. However, we believe there’s a broader story to tell about the value of e-waste and the pioneering spirit behind its complete recycling.
The Importance of Responsible E-waste (WEEE Disposal)
For many years, Restore Technology has been dismantling e-waste and extracting all types of precious materials for re-use – titanium, platinum, silver and, yes, gold – as sustainably as possible. As we regard e-waste as a resource not rubbish, we also extract steel, plastics and glass, amongst others, for re-use across UK industry.
Indeed, our commitment to our customers is that we send 0% of the assets we process to landfill, so we help them meet their compliance obligations not only on data security, but also on the sustainability clauses of their environmental policies.
In addition, our methods of handling and disposing of e-waste have always meant that the harmful elements (toxic chemicals, mostly) lurking in all devices and machines are dealt with to the letter of the law, so they contaminate neither soil nor environment by being buried in the ground or through inexperienced efforts to break them down.
Why not find out the full story of our WEEE disposal services, and make sure your end-of-life technology processes are solid gold.
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