From Waste to Green Applications: The Use of Recovered Gold …
The inherently short lifetime (around 10 years) of these materials has resulted in an accumulation of palladium-rich waste. Similar to gold, considerably more palladium is present in TWCs (2000 g/tonne) and WEEE (300 g/tonne) than is present in natural ore (<10 g/tonne) and thus these waste streams offer a 'closed-loop', sustainable …