Extracting precious zinc from waste ash

Incineration of solid waste produces millions of tons of waste fly ash in Europe annually; most ends up in landfill. But this ash often contains significant amounts of precious metals such as zinc. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a method to extract these precious metals, potentially leading to reductions in environmental pollution, landfill and transport.

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