We're using microbes to clean up toxic electronic waste – here's how
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
If you were to stack up all the electronic waste produced annually around the world it would weigh as much as all the commercial aircrafts ever produced, or 5,000 Eiffel towers. This is a growing "tsunami" according to the UN, and it's fed by all the phones, tablets and other electronic devices that are thrown away each day.