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    Urban mining: Why e-waste processing is a billion-dollar opportunity India shouldn’t miss

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    Urban mining has the potential to not only save the environment from e-waste, but also make India self-reliant in critical metals and create 5 lakh jobs.

    The dead can save lives through organ donation. But did you know that spent electronic equipment can also save humans — by reducing mining that destroys the ecology and leads to potentially fatal climate change events?Yes, electronic equipment such as mobile phones can be recycled to make new electronic devices. Instead of haphazardly throwing away old phones or laptops, disposing these at designated places can help experts retrieve from them
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