WRAP launches €2.1m project to explore commercial opportunities of electronic waste recovery

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EU-backed CRM Recovery project will research the economic potential of practices and processes that recover critical raw materials and precious metal

A new EU-funded project is to explore the commercial opportunities for recovering critical raw materials (CRMs) and precious metals from electronic waste. The CRM Recovery project will study processes...

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