# 🏭 UK Royal Mint To Extract Gold From E-Waste

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/uk-royal-mint-to-extract-gold-from-e-waste/288547>\
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**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/uk-royal-mint-to-extract-gold-from-e-waste/288547 "2024-08-08T05:59:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/uk-royal-mint-to-extract-gold-from-e-waste/288547/1 "2024-08-08T05:59:09Z")

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**Summary:**

**1. Royal Mint’s New Initiative:**

- The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, is now recovering gold from electronic waste, initially for jewelry and later for commemorative coins.

**2. Innovative Process:**

- E-waste is processed using a chemical solution at room temperature, which is low-energy and recyclable, to extract pure gold efficiently.

**3. Environmental Impact:**

- The facility aims to process over 4,000 tonnes of e-waste annually, reducing the need to ship waste overseas and addressing the UK’s significant tech trash problem.

**Read more at:** [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk)