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10 September 2024

Science Cast: Nicolas Schaeffer and recycling and reusing waste

Science Cast: Nicolas Schaeffer and recycling and reusing waste

Recycling and reusing waste is a major technological and sociological challenge. The development of chemistry may have triggered some environmental problems, but it can also be the solution.

Extracting and recycling precious metals such as gold, platinum and cobalt from electronic waste, such as computers and mobile phones, is one example.

Nicolas Schaeffer knows this well. A Researcher at CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro, he won one of the most prestigious awards in the world of research, the European Research Council, worth 1.49 million euros.

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