Ministers information: 90 thousand tons of electronic waste in Egypt are rich in gold and platinum

The Information and Decision Support Center in the Council of Ministers issued a report in which the most important opportunities available to the Egyptian state in the field of electronic waste recycling, noting that the recycling of electronic waste in Egypt is an urgent necessity to preserve the environment, health and economy through cooperation between the government, the private sector and civil society and can achieve significant progress in this field, in addition to the presence of approximately 90 thousand tons of electronic waste in Egypt according to For the United Nations Development Program in April 2021, indicating that this waste contains 60% on precious metals such as platinum, gold and silver, which can be extracted from using different techniques, such as magnetic sorting and chemotherapy to be exploited later in the manufacture of renewable energy components. The importance of recycling electronic waste for Egypt, which is the following:

& nbsp; Environmental. This reduces the need to extract more of these materials from nature. Due to exposure to toxic chemicals. For the country.

& nbsp; Challenges. In:

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-Increasing the level of societal awareness of a workshop contract in various governorates, capacity building, setting adequate policies and systems in addition to setting and implementing legislation aimed at department for recycling electronic waste using mechanisms that protect public health. Electronic waste in order to extract precious metals.

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