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How Much Are Scrap Computer Boards Worth?

Author:Suny Group

Many different computers have existed over the last number of years and technology changes very rapidly, therefore the precious metal content of a circuit board today is not the same as 20 years ago. Computer boards from the 20th Century are of much higher precious metal content than the more modern style boards.

Scrap computer boards contain an array of precious and high value metals; Gold, Silver, Palladium and Copper. The precious metal content makes computer boards a worthwhile commodity and in large quantities can become quite valuable.

Electronic waste in the shell containing aluminum, iron and other metals, circuit boards, wire and cable containing copper, after refining can be recycled. And all the e-waste, the most valuable is the waste computer.

According to reports, the amount of gold is limited, so the extraction of gold from e-waste has become an important renewable resource production industry. Used computers, CPU and memory modules contain gold, a waste computer can produce 0.2 grams of gold, as a result of this, 10 sets of old computer recycling gold can make a gold ring. Professional introduction, every ton of waste computer can extract 300 grams of gold, the annual global waste computer to extract the total amount of gold has exceeded the amount of gold mining.