Beer byproduct identified to recycle electronic waste
Recycling electronic waste has been a difficult task as it's hard to separate the different metals like copper, zinc and aluminium in the waste from each other
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New Delhi: A team of Austrian scientists has identified a beer byproduct that is an eco-friendly and low-cost method to help recycle electronic waste.
Recycling electronic waste has been a difficult task as it's hard to separate the different metals like copper, zinc and aluminium in the waste from each other.
The team from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, used the spent brewer's yeast, which is left over from manufacturing beer, to help cull out metal from waste streams.
"Electronic waste is difficult to recycle because it is very heterogeneous," said Dr. Klemens Kremser from the varsity and corresponding author of the article published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
