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One person’s trash is another’s treasure
‘One person’s trash is another person’s treasure: the proverb could not be more true than in today’s context, when global consumption, and consequently waste, are reaching new highs. For example, reflect on all the old electronic products you have disposed of: mobile phones, PCs, speakers, hard drives, washing machines and more. Then map that to a global or even national total… it must be pretty substantial. But amid this heap of e-waste lies a goldmine. Electronic products generally rely on a shared set of core materials, and a subset vital to their operation has received significant attention in recent years for their importance to the global economy.
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Get over it already: Brexit, a ten-year audit
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Is UK politics broken?
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Just not feeling it? The vibecession explained: it’s the jobs, stupid
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A passion for supply chains
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Champagne-o-nomics
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One person’s trash is another’s treasure
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Cracking the cost of Easter eggs
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