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Homeweb3.0Royal Mint starts extracting gold from old phones and TVs to make commemorative coins and jewellery in 'world first'

The UK's coinmaker has opened a factory in South Wales which will be processing up to 4,000 tonnes of printed circuit boards from e-waste every year.

Royal Mint starts extracting gold from old phones and TVs to make commemorative coins and jewellery in 'world first'

王立造幣局は、「世界初」と称賛される動きとして、記念コインや宝飾品に使用するために古い電話やテレビから金の抽出を開始しました。英国のコインメーカーは、毎年最大4,000トンの電子廃棄物からプリント基板を処理する工場を南ウェールズに開設した。

この動きは、採掘による環境への影響を軽減し、コインやその他の貴金属アイテムの生産においてより持続可能な材料を使用する取り組みの一環です。英国王立造幣局によると、英国では毎年一人当たり約 25 キロの電子廃棄物が排出されており、これは 50 インチのテレビの重量に相当します。

工場では、回路基板から金、銀、パラジウム、ロジウムが抽出され、それらはさまざまなコイン、メダル、宝石の製造に使用されます。造幣局によると、886 コレクションのリングを 1 つ作成するには約 600 台の携帯電話が必要で、その重さは約 7.5 グラムで、1 ポンド硬貨の重さに匹敵します。

平均して、1 トンの回路基板から 165 グラムの金が生産され、これは現在約 9,000 ポンドの価値があります。造幣局は、新工場により約40人の雇用が創出され、年間最大1,000万ポンドの収益が見込まれると述べた。

王立造幣局が製品にリサイクル金を使用する動きは、持続可能性と採掘による環境への影響の削減を目指す貴金属業界の幅広いトレンドの一環です。近年、いくつかの大手宝飾品ブランドや貴金属精錬会社が、自社の製品にリサイクルされた金やその他の素材をより多く使用する取り組みを発表しました。

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