Listening to Radio Scotland half hour programme 'Brainwaves'.
Topic 'Urban Mining'.
The sound clip is interesting.
Sweeping up Platinum, Palladium and Rodium versus mining it in South Africa or Canada.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04rf4kz
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Rare metals on the streets (and your lungs)
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I remember being shown round the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, by an elderly gentleman who had worked in a similar factory. He said that he had quite a lot of gold dust in his lungs and that he joked that his family should "mine" him for it after his death...
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I used to have a pair of jeans that had platinum, palladium, iridium and ruthenium on them.
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What is the source?
Bits that drop out of car catalytic converters?
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edd1e_h - yes catalytic converters.
The programme also looked at disposed electric goods. Many people never clean filters on their vacuum cleaners and just chuck and buy a new one (!)
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